Legal Opinion
James E. Peterson v. Harold Kennedy, Richard A. Berthelsen, and National Football League Players Association
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 16, 1985No. 84-5788PublishedCited by 338 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
Appellant James Peterson brought suit against the National Football League Players Association (“NFLPA” or “union”) and two of its attorneys, claiming that the union, through the named attorneys, had furnished him with inaccurate advice upon which he detrimentally relied in pursuing a grievance against his ex-ballelub, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Peterson appeals from the district court’s decisions to grant summary judgment in favor of one of the individually named union attorneys, to issue a directed verdict in favor of the other union attorney, and to grant the…
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