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PETERSON v. KENNEDY

No. 84-5788.

771 F.2d 1244 (1985)

James E. PETERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harold KENNEDY, Richard A. Berthelsen, and National Football League Players Association, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 16, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Yablonski, Yablonski, Both & Edelman, Washington, D.C., Robert Simpson, Rose, Klein & Marias, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Edgar Paul Boyko, Robert K. Schraner, Miller, Boyko & Bell, San Diego, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Before GOODWIN, REINHARDT, and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges.

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

Appellant James Peterson brought suit against the National Football League Players Association ("NFLPA" or "union") and two of its attorneys, claiming that the union, through the named attorneys, had furnished him with inaccurate advice upon which he detrimentally relied in pursuing a grievance against his ex-ballclub, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Peterson appeals from the district court's decisions to grant summary judgment in favor of one...

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