DRYER v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Civil No. 09-2182 (PAM/SRN).

689 F.Supp.2d 1113 (2010)

John Frederick DRYER, James Lawrence Marshall, Joseph Michael Senser, Elvin Lamont Bethea, Dante Anthony Pastorini, and Edward Alvin White, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

January 28, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian C. Gudmundson, Charles S. Zimmerman, J. Gordon Rudd, Jr., Timothy J. Becker, Zimmerman Reed, PLLP, Mpls, MN, Daniel S. Ward, Thomas J. Ward, Ward & Ward, PLLC, Washington, DC, Lawrence R. King, Shawn M. Raiter, Larson King, LLP, St. Paul, MN, Robert A. Stein, Bob Stein LLC, Eden Prairie, MN, for Plaintiffs.

Aaron D. Van Oort, Daniel J. Connolly, Faegre & Benson LLP, Mpls, MN, Bruce P. Keller, Mary Jo White, DeBevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PAUL A. MAGNUSON, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on Defendant's Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings. For the reasons that follow, the Motion is denied.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs in this putative class action are former professional football players. They contend that Defendant National Football League ("NFL") is violating their common-law and statutory rights of publicity by using video footage from games...

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