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ELLER v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS ASS'N

Civil No. 11-2623 (SRN/JJG).

872 F.Supp.2d 823 (2012)

Carl Lee ELLER, et al., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

May 29, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Hausfeld , and Hilary K. Scherrer , Hausfeld LLP, Washington, D.C.; Michael P. Lehmann , Jon T. King , and Arthur N. Bailey , Hausfeld LLP, Daniel S. Mason , Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason, LLP, San Francisco, CA; Mark Feinberg , Michael E. Jacobs , and Shawn D. Stuckey , Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason, LLP, Minneapolis, MN; for Plaintiffs.

Jeffrey L. Kessler , and David L. Greenspan , Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, James W. Quinn , Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY; Barbara Podlucky Berens , and Justi Rae Miller , Berens & Miller, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for Defendants.

ORDER

SUSAN RICHARD NELSON, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court in this consolidated action on the motions to dismiss brought by Defendants National Football League Players Association ("NFLPA"), its Executive Director, DeMaurice Smith, and two individual football players, Tom Brady and Mike Vrabel (Doc. Nos. 23 and 41). For the reasons stated below, this Court grants the motions.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

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