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SOAR v. NAT. FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS' ASS'N

No. 76-1085.

550 F.2d 1287 (1977)

A. Henry "Hank" SOAR et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS' ASSOCIATION et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

March 11, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Decof, Providence, R.I., with whom Philip M. Weinstein and Leonard Decof, Ltd., Providence, R.I., was on brief, for appellants.

Robert V. Atmore, Minneapolis, Minn., with whom Thomas D. Gidley, Hinckley, Allen, Salisbury & Parsons, Providence, R.I., Edward M. Glennon and Lindquist & Vennum, Minneapolis, Minn., were on brief, for National Football League Players Association, appellees.

John B. Jones, Jr., Washington, D.C., with whom C. Michael Buxton, Washington, D.C., Edwards & Angell and John H. Blish, Providence, R.I., were on brief, for National Football League, Pete Rozelle and James Kensil, appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, and ALDRICH and McENTEE, Circuit Judges.

McENTEE, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellants are several former professional football players who played in the National Football League ("NFL") and retired before the 1959 season. They brought an action against the NFL and two of its officers and against the National Football League Players' Association ("NFLPA") and two of its officers, seeking to recover funds allegedly due in consequence of a trust fund agreement referred to as the "Bert Bell NFL Player Retirement...

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