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092247P.pdf   09/11/2009  Kevin Williams  v.  National Football League
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  09-2247
                          and No:  09-2462
                          and No:  09-2249
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minneosta - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Murphy and Benton, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Labor Law. NFL players' claims that their suspensions for
   testing positive for the presence of bumetanide violated Minnesota's
   Drug and Alcohol Testing in the Workplace Act and Consumable
   Products Act were not preempted by section 301 of the Labor
   Management Relations Act as the claims were predicated on state law,
   not the Collective Bargaining Agreement or the League's Policy on
   Anabolic Steroids and Related Substances; district court did not err in
   finding that the players' common law claims, such as breach of fiduciary
   duty, fraud and negligent misrepresentation were preempted by Section
   301; district court did not err in confirming arbitrator's award affirming
   the NFL's decision to suspend five players who tested positive for
   bumetanide.