131251P.pdf   06/20/2014  Reggie White  v.  National Football League
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  13-1251
                          and No:  13-1480
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Shepherd, 
   Circuit Judge] 
   Civil case - National Football League. Where the NFL Players' Association 
   and law firms authorized to represent NFL players settled and dismissed 
   their 2011 lawsuit alleging the League had violated the parties' 1993 
   Stipulation and Settlement Agreement by instituting a secret cap on 
   players' salaries, the district court did not err in denying a motion to 
   set aside the the dismissal and reopen the case based on a claim that the 
   dismissal was invalid because the district court never approved it as 
   required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(e); Rule 23(e) does not apply because the 
   claims settled in the dismissal were not the claims of a certified class; 
   however, the district court erred in prohibiting the White plaintiffs from 
   seeking relief from the dismissal under Rule 60(b) on the ground that a 
   Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii) dismissal does not constitute a judgment order or 
   proceeding under Rule 60(b); the court joins six other circuits which have 
   held such a dismissal is a judgment order or proceeding for purposes of 
   Rule 60(b), and the matter is remanded for further proceedings.