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DENT v. NAT. FOOTBALL LEAGUE

No. 15-15143.

902 F.3d 1109 (2018)

Richard DENT; Jeremy Newberry; Roy Green; J. D. Hill; Keith Van Horne; Ron Stone; Ron Pritchard; James McMahon; Marcellus Wiley; Jonathan Rex Hadnot, Jr., on Behalf of Themselves and all Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, a New York unincorporated association, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 6, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip J. Closius (argued), Andrew G. Slutkin , Steven D. Silverman , Stephen G. Grygiel , and William N. Sinclair , Silverman Thompson Slutkin & White, Baltimore, Maryland; Mark J. Dearman and Stuart Andrew Davidson , Robbins Geller Rudman, Boca Raton, Florida; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Paul D. Clement (argued), Washington, D.C.; Daniel Nash , Stacey R. Eisenstein , James E. Tysse , Marla S. Axelrod , and Elizabeth England , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, D.C.; Rex S. Heinke and Gregory W. Knopp , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Los Angeles, California; Allen J. Ruby , Jack P. DiCanio , and Timothy A. Miller , Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Palo Alto, California; for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: Richard C. Tallman, Jay S. Bybee, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

This appeal requires us to decide whether a variety of state-law claims brought against the National Football League (NFL) by former professional football players are preempted by § 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA), 29 U.S.C. § 141.

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