James E. Peterson v. Harold Kennedy, Richard A. Berthelsen, and National Football League Players Association

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1985-09-16

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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…

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