National Football League Players Association v. Pro-Football, Inc., D/B/A Washington Redskins

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SENTELLE.

SENTELLE, Circuit Judge:

This matter is before us on the motion of Pro-Football, Inc. (“Redskins” or “appel-lee”), for rehearing of our prior decision, reported at 56 F.3d 1525 (D.C.Cir.1995), in which we held that the issues before us had become moot and ordered a vacatur of the judgment of the District Court. Because appellee convincingly demonstrates that the mootness occurred not by the passage of time as we previously held, but by the voluntary act of the losing party below, we agree that our order of vacatur was inappropriate and…