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151438P.pdf 08/04/2016 NFL Players Association v. National Football League
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 15-1438
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Loken and Murphy, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Arbitration. When the Commissioner of the NFL suspended
Adrian Peterson in 2014 he also imposed a fine equal to six weeks' salary;
Peterson has returned to play, and the issue before the court is whether
the League may collect the fine imposed by the Commissioner and affirmed
by the arbitrator; the parties bargained to be bound by the decision of
the arbitrator and the arbitrator acted within his authority in affirming
the fine; arguments that the arbitrator was "evidently partial" and that
the arbitration was fundamentally unfair rejected; the district court
erred in vacating the arbitrator's decision regarding the fine and the
matter is remanded with directions to dismiss the Association's petition
to vacate the arbitrator's decision.