Brady et al v. National Football League et al

Filing 102

NOTICE by Arizona Cardinals, Inc., Atlanta Falcons Football Club LLC, Baltimore Ravens Limited Partnership, Buccaneers Limited Partnership, Buffalo Bills, Inc., Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc., Cinncinnati Bengals, Inc., Cleveland Browns LLC, Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Ltd., Denver Broncos Football Club, Detroit Lions, Inc., Football Northwest LLC, Green Bay Packers, Inc., Houston NFL Holdings LP, Indianapolis Colts, Inc., Jacksonville Jaguars Ltd., Kansas City Chiefs Football Club, Inc., Miami Dolphins, Ltd., Minnesota Vikings Football Club LLC, National Football League, New England Patriots, LP, New Orleans Louisiana Saints, LLC, New York Football Giants, Inc., New York Jets Football Club, Inc., Oakland Raiders LP, Panthers Football LLC, Philadelphia Eagles Football Club, Inc., Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc., Rams Football Co, LLC, The, San Diego Chargers Football Co., San Francisco Forty Niners Ltd., Tennessee Football, Inc., Washington Football Inc. re 101 MOTION to Stay (Expedited) Pending Appeal. (Connolly, Daniel) Modified text on 4/26/2011 (lmb).

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
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TOM BRADY, et al.,
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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, et al.,)
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Defendants.
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TO:

No. 0:11-cv-00639-SRN-JJG

Plaintiffs and their counsel: Barbara P. Berens and Justi R. Miller,
Berens & Miller, PA, 80 South Eighth St., Suite 3720, Minneapolis, MN
55402; Timothy R. Thornton, Briggs & Morgan, PA, 80 South Eighth
St., Suite 2200, Minneapolis, MN 55402; Bruce S. Meyer and James W.
Quinn, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, 767 Fifth Ave., New York, NY
10019; Christopher R. Clark, David G. Feher, David L. Greenspan,
Jeffrey L. Kessler, Jennifer Stewart and Molly Donovan, Dewey &
LeBoeuf, LLP, 1301 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, for
Plaintiffs Brady, Brees, Jackson, Leber, Mankins, Manning, Miller,
Robison, Umenyiora and Vrabel; and
Arthur N. Bailey, Jr., Hilary K. Scherrer, Jon T. King, Michael D.
Hausfeld and Michael P. Lehmann, Hausfeld LLP, 44 Montgomery St.,
Suite 3400, San Francisco, CA 94104; Daniel S. Mason, Mark J.
Feinberg and Michael E. Jacobs, Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP,
500 Washington Ave. South, Suite 4000, Minneapolis, MN 55415; and
Samuel D. Heins and Vincent J. Esades, Heins Mills & Olson PLC, 310
Clifton Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55403, for Plaintiffs Eller, Holmes,
Ayanbadejo, Collins and Walker.
DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF EXPEDITED MOTION
FOR A STAY PENDING APPEAL
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Defendants have moved this Court

for a stay pending appeal of the Court’s Order issued April 25, 2011 granting
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a preliminary injunction (Dkt. 99). Defendants have asked the Court to grant
the motion on the papers at its earliest opportunity without a hearing.
Respectfully submitted,
David Boies (pro hac vice)
BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP
333 Main Street
Armonk, NY 10504
[phone]
[phone] (fax)

William A. Isaacson (pro hac vice)
BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP
5301 Wisconsin Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20015
[phone]
[phone] (fax)

s/Daniel J. Connolly
Daniel J. Connolly #197247
Aaron D. Van Oort #315539
FAEGRE & BENSON LLP
2200 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402-3901
[phone]
[phone] (fax)
Gregg H. Levy (pro hac vice)
Benjamin C. Block (pro hac vice)
COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
1201 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20004-2401
[phone]
[phone] (fax)

Counsel for the NFL and NFL Clubs
April 25, 2011

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