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JOHNSON v. BERT BELL/PETE ROZELLE NFL PLAYER RET. PLAN

No. 06-1517.

468 F.3d 1082 (2006)

Daniel JOHNSON, Appellant, v. BERT BELL/PETE ROZELLE NFL Player Retirement Plan, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: November 21, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paula Weseman Theisen, argued, Minneapolis, MN (Mary Margaret O'Brien, Meagher & Geer, on the brief), for appellant.

Edward A. Scallet, argued, Washington, DC (Douglas W. Ell, on the brif), for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Daniel Johnson appeals from the district court's1 grant of summary judgment in favor of Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Retirement Plan (Plan) in his action brought pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001, et seq. We affirm.

I.

Johnson played professional football from 1982 until 1988, when he suffered a career-ending back injury while diving for...

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