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143428P.pdf   02/26/2016  John Frederick Dryer  v.  National Football League
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  14-3428
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Wollman and Bye, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Sports Law. In action alleging NFL Films violated the 
   plaintiff players' rights under the right-of-publicity laws of various 
   states, as well as their rights under the Lanham Act, the district court 
   did not err in granting the NFL's motion for summary judgment; the 
   Copyright Act preempted the players' right-of-publicity claims; because 
   the plaintiffs provide no evidence that the films contain "misleading or 
   false statements" regarding their current endorsement of the NFL, their 
   claim of false endorsement under the Lanham Act fails as a matter of law.