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SOAR v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS ASS'N

Civ. A. No. 4986.

438 F.Supp. 337 (1975)

A. Henry "Hank" SOAR et al. v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION et al.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

December 2, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Decof, Raymond W. Monaco, Providence, R. I., for plaintiffs.

Edward F. Hindle and Stephen A. Fanning, Jr., Thomas Gidley, James A. Jackson, Thomas Quinn, Providence, R. I., Edward M. Glennon, Minneapolis, Minn., for defendants.

OPINION

PETTINE, Chief Judge.

This is a class action brought on behalf of professional football players who played in the National Football League prior to the 1959 season. Defendants are the National Football League (NFL) and two of its officers, Pete Rozelle and James Kensil and the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) and two of its officers, William Curry and Edward Garvey. Plaintiffs seek...

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