Legal Opinion
A. Henry "Hank" Soar v. National Football League Players' Association
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 11, 1977No. 76-1085PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McENTEE, Senior Circuit Judge.
Appellants are several former professional football players who played in the National Football League (“NFL”) and retired before the 1959 season. They brought an action against the NFL and two of its officers and against the National Football League Players’ Association (“NFLPA”) and two of its officers, seeking to recover funds allegedly due in consequence of a trust fund agreement referred to as the “Bert Bell NFL Player Retirement Plan.”
Appellants alleged, in part, that an oral contract came into existence on April 23, 1959 between the NFLPA (on behalf of the…
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