WHITE v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Civ. No. 4-92-906.

836 F.Supp. 1458 (1993)

Reggie WHITE, Michael Buck, Hardy Nickerson, Vann McElroy and Dave Duerson, Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE; The Five Smiths, Inc.; Buffalo Bills, Inc.; Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc.; Cincinnati Bengals, Inc.; Cleveland Browns, Inc.; The Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Ltd.; PDB Sports, Ltd.; The Detroit Lions, Inc.; The Green Bay Packers, Inc.; Houston Oilers, Inc.; Indianapolis Colts, Inc.; Kansas City Chiefs Football Club, Inc.; The Los Angeles Raiders, Ltd.; Los Angeles Rams Football Company, Inc.; Miami Dolphins, Ltd.; Minnesota Vikings Football Club, Inc.; KMS Patriots Limited Partnership; The New Orleans Saints Limited Partnership; New York Football Giants, Inc.; New York Jets Football Club, Inc.; The Philadelphia Eagles Football Club, Inc.; B & B Holdings, Inc.; Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc.; The Chargers Football Company; The San Francisco Forty-Niners, Ltd.; The Seattle Seahawks, Inc.; Tampa Bay Area NFL Football Club, Inc.; and Pro-Football, Inc., Defendants.

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

August 19, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward M. Glennon, Carol T. Rieger, Charles J. Lloyd, Lindquist & Vennum, Minneapolis, MN, and James W. Quinn, Jeffrey L. Kessler, Jonathan T. Weiss, Daniel Rubin, David G. Feher, and Cathy E. Shore-Sirotin, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, for plaintiffs.

James Fitzmaurice, Daniel J. Connolly, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, MN, Herbert Dym, Gregg H. Levy, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, and Frank Rothman, Shepard Goldfein, and William L. Daly, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants.

Peter S. Hendrixson, Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, MN, and Maxwell M. Blecher, Blecher & Collins, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant Philadelphia Eagles Football Club, Inc.


DOTY, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on the following motions:

1. A motion by the named plaintiffs to amend the Stipulation and Settlement Agreement in the present action;

2. A motion by the named plaintiffs and defendants, other than the Philadelphia Eagles1, for final approval of the Stipulation and Settlement Agreement as modified by the various amendments agreed to by the parties;

3. A motion...

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