Parrish et al v. National Football League Players Incorporated

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MOTION to Seal Document Miscellaneous Administrative Request To File Certain Confidential Materials Under Seal In Support Of Plaintiffs' Third Amended Complaint; Declaration Of Ryan S. Hilbert In Support Thereof filed by Bernard Paul Parrish, Walter Roberts, III, Herbert Anthony Adderley. (Attachments: # 1 Declaration of Ryan S. Hilbert in Support of Plaintiffs' Miscellaneous Administrative Request# 2 Proposed Order Sealing Confidential Documents)(Hilbert, Ryan) (Filed on 9/27/2007)

Parrish et al v. National Football League Players Incorporated

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MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS, LLP RONALD S. KATZ (Bar No. CA 085713) E-mail: [e-mail] RYAN S. HILBERT (California Bar No. 210549) E-mail: [e-mail] NOEL S. COHEN (California Bar No. 219645) E-mail: [e-mail] 1001 Page Mill Road, Building 2 Palo Alto, CA 94304-1006 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] McKOOL SMITH, P.C. LEWIS T. LECLAIR (Bar No. CA 077136) E-mail: [e-mail] JILL ADLER (Bar No. CA 150783) E-mail: [e-mail] 300 Crescent Court, Suite 1500 Dallas, TX 75201 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Plaintiffs UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION CIVIL ACTION NO. C07 0943 WHA

BERNARD PAUL PARRISH, HERBERT ANTHONY ADDERLEY, and WALTER ROBERTS, III on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs vs. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION, a Virginia corporation, and NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS INCORPORATED d/b/a PLAYERS INC, a Virginia corporation,

MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE REQUEST TO FILE CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL MATERIALS UNDER SEAL IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS' THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT; DECLARATION OF RYAN S. HILBERT IN SUPPORT THEREOF

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Pursuant to Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Civil Local Rules 79-5(d) and 7-11, and the Court's inherent authority over its own files and records, Plaintiffs file these documents in support of their Motion for Leave to File the Third Amended Complaint for Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, an Accounting and Violation of California Business & Professions Code § 17200 (the Complaint is being filed as an attachment to Plaintiff's Motion For Leave to File same). Specifically, Plaintiffs request that the Court seal the following documents: (A) An unredacted version of Motion for Leave to File the Third Amended

Complaint; (B) An unredacted version of the Third Amended Complaint (filed as an

attachment to the Motion for Leave to File); (C) Exhibits D, F, G, I, J, and O to the Third Amended Complaint (filed as

an attachment to the Motion for Leave to File); and. (D) An unredacted version of the Declaration of Ronald S. Katz in Support

of the Motion for Leave to File the Third Amended Complaint. This motion is made on the grounds that the above documents contain documents, testimony and information that has been designated as "Highly Confidential ­ Attorneys Eyes Only" by Defendants. For this reason, Plaintiffs submit the above-referenced documents under seal. Plaintiffs respectfully request that the Court authorize the filing of the documents under seal pursuant to designation by Defendants.

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Dated:

September 27, 2007

MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS, LLP By: /s/ Ryan S. Hilbert Ronald S. Katz (SBN 085713) Ryan S. Hilbert (SBN 210549) Noel S. Cohen (SBN 219645) MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS, LLP 1001 Page Mill Road, Building 2 Palo Alto, CA 94304-1006 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Plaintiffs Lewis T. LeClair, Esq. Jill Adler, Esq. McKOOL SMITH, P.C. 300 Crescent Court Suite 1500 Dallas, TX 75201 214-978-4984 214-978-4044 (fax) OF COUNSEL Samuel A. Mutch Esq. SAMUEL A. MUTCH, P.A. 2114 N.W. 40th Terrace, Suite A-1 Gainesville, FL 32605 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone]

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