The case will be heard in NY. MN judge orders it moved

The NFLPA lose round one. Judge Kyed has ordered the case to be moved to Manhattan. I would assume the NFLPA will appeal this decision.

So much for that "first file" mishap costing the NFL nonsense that people were peddling yesterday.

Per court documents, Judge Kyle in MN has ordered the Brady/NFLPA lawsuit against the NFL be moved to the Manhattan court where NFL filed.

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NFL preemptive strike worked. Court doc: "In this Court’s view, therefore, the New York Action triggers application of the 1st-filed rule."

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Well shouldn't be a big deal....why did they award it then? NFL has no employees there.

Is this decision appealable?

Per court documents, Judge Kyle in MN has ordered the Brady/NFLPA lawsuit against the NFL be moved to the Manhattan court where NFL filed.

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NFL preemptive strike worked. Court doc: "In this Court’s view, therefore, the New York Action triggers application of the 1st-filed rule."

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https://twitter.com/AlbertBreer

I don't understand how this was not deemed venue shopping. Whatever.. it is what it is.

Only way I could see us losing is if they don't hear the case. No idea how they could overlook dozens of CBA violations.

Amazing. The NFL delays the decision for a month so they can file immediately after.

Honestly, I don't think it'll make much of a difference, anyway. Labor law is labor law.

Charlotte Pats Fan said:

Is this decision appealable?

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That's what I was wondering, but Breer says they'll refile in NY so I assume they're not completely opposed to it being there.

Per source, the NFLPA plans to refile its lawsuit against the NFL on behalf of Tom Brady in Manhattan today.

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https://twitter.com/AlbertBreer/status/626747123514646528

Nothing has gone NE's way with this whole thing. I think we're about to be even more disappointed.

blackglass3 said:

Nothing has gone NE's way with this whole thing. I think we're about to be even more disappointed.

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Well we've been in the NFL's court up to this point. It was never going to go our way.

Sciz said:

That's what I was wondering, but Breer says they'll refile in NY so I assume they're not completely opposed to it being there.

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The Manhattan Federal Court and the Judge assigned to the NFL suit are not know for being pro big business and conservative. The NFL preferred Manhattan to MN, but it isn't like they filed in a court that is clearly biased to their plight.

This smells very wrong.

I'm not sure why the judge threw in that he didn't get why they would file in Minnesota. No reason to ignore the history involved.

I am fine with it. It is all about the kind of judge you get. It looks like they are getting a liberal judge that is pro union. I don't believe a federal judge even if he turns out to be a NY sports fan would let that influence him.

blackglass3 said:

Nothing has gone NE's way with this whole thing. I think we're about to be even more disappointed.

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WTF would've gone right with Goodell making every single decision?

The NFLPA had a preferred venue. It wasn't a "Minny or we're through!" desperation move.

I can't think of a district court I hate more than SDNY. Some really, really awful **** has come out of there in the past 15 years. None of the cases I care about were related to labor though so I'm not sure where the majority of their judges tend to sit on that. It comes off as a pretty reserved court all around so I imagine the case being there isn't great for the NFLPA.