Legal Opinion
White v. National Football League
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 6, 1994No. Nos. 93-3375, 93-3381, 93-3382, 93-3403, 93-3415PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Twenty-six football players (“objectors”) appeal the settlement of an antitrust action brought by a certified class of football players against the National Football League. The district court1 initially certified the class in an order issued on April 30, 1993, White v. NFL, 822 F.Supp. 1389 (D.Minn.1993), and approved the settlement in an order and a judgment decree issued on August 20, 1993, White v. NFL, 836 F.Supp. 1458 (D.Minn. 1993); White v. NFL, 836 F.Supp. 1508 (D.Minn.1993). The objectors now challenge the district court’s certification of a…
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