BRADY v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Civil No. 11-639 (SRN/JJG).

779 F.Supp.2d 992 (2011)

Tom BRADY, Drew Brees, Vincent Jackson, Ben Leber, Logan Mankins, Peyton Manning, Von Miller, Brian Robison, Osi Umenyiora, Mike Vrabel, Carl Eller, Priest Holmes, Obafemi Ayanbadejo, Ryan Collins, and Antawan Walker, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

April 25, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara P. Berens and Justi R. Miller , Berens & Miller, PA, Minneapolis, MN, Timothy R. Thornton , Briggs & Morgan, PA, Minneapolis, MN, Bruce S. Meyer and James W. Quinn , Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, Christopher R. Clark , David G. Feher , David L. Greenspan , Jeffrey L. Kessler , Jennifer Stewart and Molly Donovan , Dewey & Le-Boeuf, LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs Brady, Brees, Jackson, Leber, Mankins, Manning, Miller, Robison, Umenyiora and Vrabel.

Arthur N. Bailey, Jr. , Hilary K. Scherrer , Jon T. King , Michael D. Hausfeld and Michael P. Lehmann , Hausfeld LLP, San Francisco, CA, Daniel S. Mason , Mark J. Feinberg and Michael E. Jacobs , Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP, and Samuel D. Heins and Vincent J. Esades , Heins Mills & Olson PLC, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiffs Eller, Holmes, Ayanbadejo, Collins and Walker.

Daniel J. Connolly and Aaron D. Van Oort , Faegre & Benson, LLP, Minneapolis, MN, Benjamin C. Block , Gregg H. Levy and James M. Garland , Covington & Burling, LLP, Washington, DC, David Boies and William A. Isaacson , Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP, Armonk, NY, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SUSAN RICHARD NELSON, District Judge.

This matter is before this Court in these consolidated actions on the motions for a preliminary injunction sought by Plaintiff Tom Brady, et al. (the "Brady Plaintiffs") as well as by Plaintiff Carl Eller, et al. (the "Eller Plaintiffs") (Doc. Nos. 2 & 58).1 For the reasons stated below, this Court grants the...

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