Legal Opinion
Reggie White v. National Football League
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 20, 2014No. 13-1251, 13-1480PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Legendary defensive end Reggie White passed away in 2004, but the class action that bears his name lives on in federal court. In 1993, a class of plaintiffs represented by White settled an antitrust lawsuit with the National Football League (NFL or League) by signing an extensive collective bargaining agreement, the Stipulation and Settlement Agreement (SSA), that governed labor relations between the League and its players for almost two decades. In 2011, the NFL Players’ Association and several law firms authorized to represent NFL players (collectively, the…
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