POWELL v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Civ. No. 4-87-917.

678 F.Supp. 777 (1988)

Marvin POWELL, Brian Holloway, Michael Kenn, Michael Davis, James Lofton, Michael Luckhurst, Dan Marino, George Martin, Steve Jordan and the National Football League Players Association on behalf of themselves and all class members, Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Fourth Division.

January 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward M. Glennon, Carol T. Rieger, J. Michael Dady, Luke H. Terhaar and Lindquist & Vennum, Minneapolis, Minn., for plaintiffs.

Laura Besvinick, Bruce W. Greer and Greer, Homer, Cope & Bonner, Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-intervenor.

Paul J. Tagliabue, John H. Schafer, Herbert Dym, Lyle Jeffrey Pash and Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND OPINION

DOTY, District Judge.

Plaintiffs in this action are the National Football League Players Association ("NFLPA") and several professional football players who play for various clubs in the National Football League ("NFL"). On October 15, 1987, plaintiffs commenced this lawsuit against the NFL and its member organizations pursuant to sections 4 and 16 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 15 and 26, to enjoin and otherwise redress...

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