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WASHINGTON v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Civil No. 11-3354 (PAM/AJB).

880 F.Supp.2d 1004 (2012)

Gene WASHINGTON, Diron Talbert, and Sean Lumpkin, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, NFL Ventures, L.P., NFL Productions, LLC, NFL Enterprises, LLC, Arizona Cardinals, Inc., Atlanta Falcons Football Club LLC, Baltimore Ravens LP, Buffalo Bills, Inc., Panthers Football LLC, Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc., Cincinnati Bengals, Inc., Cleveland Browns LLC, Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Ltd., Denver Broncos Football Club, Detroit Lions, Inc., Green Bay Packers, Inc., Houston NFL Holdings LP, Indianapolis Colts, Inc., Jacksonville Jaguars Ltd., Kansas City Chiefs Football Club, Inc., Miami Dolphins, Ltd., Minnesota Vikings Football Club LLC, New England Patriots, LP, New Orleans Louisiana Saints, LLC, New York Football Giants, Inc., New York Jets Football Club, Inc., Oakland Raiders LP, Philadelphia Eagles Football Club, Inc., Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc., San Diego Chargers Football Co., San Francisco Forty Niners Ltd., Football Northwest LLC, The Rams Football Co. LLC, Buccaneers LP, Tennessee Football, Inc., and Washington Football Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

June 13, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian C. Gudmundson , Charles S. Zimmerman , J. Gordon Rudd, Jr. , Zimmerman Reed, PLLP, Daniel E. Gustafson , Gustafson Gluek PLLC, Mark J. Feinberg , Shawn D. Stuckey , Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP, Minneapolis, MN, Robert A. Stein , Bob Stein LLC, Minnetonka, MN, Shawn M. Raiter , Larson King, LLP, St. Paul, MN, James J. Pizzirusso , Michael D. Hausfeld , Hausfeld LLP, Washington, DC, Michael P. Lehmann , Hausfeld LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiffs.

Aaron D. Van Oort , Daniel J. Connolly , Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, Minneapolis, MN, Derek Ludwin , Gregg H. Levy , Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PAUL A. MAGNUSON, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on Defendants' Motion to Dismiss. For the reasons that follow, the Motion is granted.

BACKGROUND

This case is very similar to the Dryer case currently pending before this Court, Dryer v. Nat'l Football League, 09cv2182 (D. Minn. filed Aug. 20, 2009). As in Dryer, Plaintiffs are former professional football players who seek to represent...

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