McNEIL v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Civ. Nos. 4-90-476, 4-90-261.

777 F.Supp. 1475 (1991)

Freeman McNEIL, Mark Collins, Lee Rouson, Niko Noga, Don Majkowski, Dave Richards, Irvin Eatman and Tim McDonald, Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, the Five Smiths, Inc., d/b/a Atlanta Falcons; Buffalo Bills, Inc., d/b/a Buffalo Bills; Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc., d/b/a Chicago Bears; Cincinnati Bengals, Inc., d/b/a Cincinnati Bengals; Cleveland Browns, Inc., d/b/a Cleveland Browns; the Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Ltd., d/b/a Dallas Cowboys; PDB Sports, Ltd., d/b/a Denver Broncos; the Detroit Lions, Inc., d/b/a Detroit Lions; the Green Bay Packers, Inc., d/b/a Green Bay Packers; Houston Oilers, Inc., d/b/a Houston Oilers; Indianapolis Colts, Inc., d/b/a Indianapolis Colts; Kansas City Chiefs Football Club, Inc., d/b/a Kansas City Chiefs; the Los Angeles Raiders, Ltd., d/b/a Los Angeles Raiders; Los Angeles Rams Football Company, Inc., d/b/a Los Angeles Rams; Miami Dolphins, Ltd., d/b/a Miami Dolphins; Minnesota Vikings Football Club, Inc., d/b/a Minnesota Vikings; KMS Patriots Limited Partnership, d/b/a New England Patriots; the New Orleans Saints Limited Partnership, d/b/a New Orleans Saints; New York Football Giants, Inc., d/b/a New York Giants; New York Jets Football Club, Inc., d/b/a New York Jets; the Philadelphia Eagles Football Club, Inc., d/b/a Philadelphia Eagles; B & B Holdings, Inc., d/b/a Phoenix Cardinals, Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc., d/b/a Pittsburgh Steelers; the Chargers Football Company, d/b/a San Diego Chargers; the San Francisco Forty-Niners, Ltd., d/b/a San Francisco 49ers; the Seattle Professional Football Club, Ltd., d/b/a Seattle Seahawks; Tampa Bay Area NFL Football Club, Inc., d/b/a Tampa Bay Buccaneers; Pro-Football, Inc., d/b/a Washington Redskins; Defendants. The FIVE SMITHS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION, Defendant.

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

November 21, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward M. Glennon, Carol T. Rieger, Luke H. Terhaar, Charles J. Lloyd and Lindquist & Vennum, Minneapolis, Minn., Jeffrey L. Kessler, James W. Quinn, Craig Allely, Daniel Rubin and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, for plaintiffs.

James Fitzmaurice, Patrick J. Schiltz and Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., John H. Schafer, Herbert Dym, Jeffrey Pash, Neil Roman, Richard W. Buchanan and Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., Frank Rothman, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Los Angeles, Cal., and Shepard Goldfein, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, for defendants.


ORDER

DOTY, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on a motion to supplement the record made by the plaintiffs in Five Smiths and the defendants in McNeil ("the NFL parties"). Based on a review of the file, record and proceedings herein, the court denies the NFL parties' motions.

BACKGROUND

In an order in the McNeil case dated May 23, 1991, the court held that the National Football League Players Association...

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