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MATTHEWS v. NAT. FOOTBALL LEAGUE MGT. COUNCIL

No. 11-55186.

688 F.3d 1107 (2012)

Bruce MATTHEWS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE MANAGEMENT COUNCIL; Tennessee Titans, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 6, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew S. Tulumello (argued), Washington, DC; Jeffrey L. Kessler , Adam J. Kaiser and Jeffrey H. Newhouse , Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, New York, NY; Matthew M. Walsh , Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Rex S. Heinke (argued), L. Rachel Helyar and Johanna R. Shargel , Akin Gum Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Daniel L. Nash , Akin Gum Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, DC, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: JOHN T. NOONAN and RAYMOND C. FISHER, Circuit Judges, and JAMES E. GRITZNER, Chief District Judge.

OPINION

FISHER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant Bruce Matthews played professional football for 19 years. When he retired in 2002, he was employed by the Tennessee Titans. In 2008, he filed a workers' compensation claim in California, alleging that he suffered pain and disability from injuries incurred during his career as a professional football player.

Matthews asks us to vacate an arbitration award that prohibits him from pursuing workers'...

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