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MARSHALL v. ESPN INC.

No. 3:14-01945.

111 F.Supp.3d 815 (2015)

Javon MARSHALL, Steven Clarke, Chris Conner, Patrick Miller, Byron Moore, Chaz Moore, Sean Parker, Eric Samuels, Marlon Walls, and Rod Wilks, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. ESPN INC.; CBS Broadcasting, Inc., National Broadcasting Company Inc.; ABC, Inc.; Fox, Inc.; IMG College, LLC; Atlantic Coast Conference; Big Ten Conference; Big 12 Conference; Pacific-12 Conference; Southeastern Conference; Conference USA; Ohio Valley Conference; Big East Conference; IMG Worldwide, Inc.; IMG College, LLC; Big Ten Network Services, LLC; CBS Collegiate Sports Properties, Inc.; JMI Sports LLC; Telesouth Communications, Inc., T3 Media, Inc.; ESPN Inc. d/b/a Sec Network; Southeastern Conference d/b/a Sec Network; ESPN Inc. d/b/a Longhorn Network; IMG College, LLC d/b/a Longhorn Network; Learfield Sports LLC; and William Morris Endeavors, LLC, Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Nashville Division.

Filed June 8, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Parker Branham , Stephen J. Zralek , Bone, McAllester & Norton, PLLC, Nashville, TN, Patrick D. McMurtray , McMurtray Law Firm, PLLC, Christiana, TN, Richard Manson , Manson, Jones & Whitted, Ronald A. Stewart , Stewart, Johnson, Conner & Manson, LLP, Nashville, TN, for Plaintiff.

Daniel Alexander Richards , Evan R. Chesler , Roger G. Brooks , Joe Wesley Earnhardt , Stefan H. Atkinson , Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, Joel D. Eckert , Samuel David Lipshie , Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Nashville, TN, Eric S. Hochstadt , James W. Quinn , Yehudah L. Buchweitz , Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York, NY, Robert Dale Grimes , Jeffrey P. Yarbro , Bass, Berry & Sims, Nashville, TN, Arthur Burke , Dana Meredith Seshens , James W. Haldin , Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY, Kelli L. Sager , Nathan E. Siegel , Levine Sullivan Koch & Schultz, LLP, Carl R. Metz , John E. Schmidtlein , Kevin T. Baine , Thomas G. Hentoff , Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, Hal D. Hardin , Nashville, TN, Andrew J. Thomas , David R. Singer , Jenner & Block LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Kenneth L. Doroshow , Jenner & Block, LLP, Washington, DC, Richard L. Stone , W. Scott Sims , Sims Funk, PLC, Nashville, TN, D. Erik Albright , Gregory G. Holland , Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, Greensboro, NC, David Alexander Fardon , Harwell, Howard, Hyne, Gabbert & Manner, P.C., Nashville, TN, Jonathan P. Heyl , Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, Charlotte, NC, Andrew S. Rosenman , Britt Marie Miller , Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL, Jay Scott Bowen , William V. Parsons, III , Shackelford Bowen Zumwalt & Hayes, Nashville, TN, Richard J. Favretto , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, Amy D. Fitts , Polsinelli P.C., Kansas City, MO, Caitlin J. Morgan , Leane K. Capps , Polsinelli PC, Dallas, TX, J. Gregory Grisham , Reid Daniel Leitner , Leitner, Williams, Dooley, and Napolitan, Nashville, TN, Jacquelyn Ferry , James N. Bowen , John R. Jacobson , Riley, Warnock & Jacobson, Nashville, TN, Jennifer L. Jones , Sarah Kroll-Rosenbaum , Scott P. Cooper , Proskauer Rose, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Bradford David Box , Rainey, Kizer, Reviere & Bell, P.L.C., Jackson, TN, Bradley G. Hubbard , Brian E. Robison , Robert C. Walters , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Dallas, TX, John S. Hicks , Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Nashville, TN, Amy J. Everhart , Everhart Law Firm PLC, Nashville, TN, Daniel M. Mayeda , Louis Peter Petrich , Leopold, Petrich & Smith, Los Angeles, CA, Maria A. Spear , Everhart Law Firm PLC, Nashville, TN, Samuel D. Gregory , W. Scott Welch , Walker W. Jones, III , Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Jackson, MS, Robb S. Harvey , Todd Ryan Hambidge , Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis, LLP, Gail Vaughn Ashworth , Wiseman Ashworth Law Group PLC, Nashville, TN, Grant Kojis Schmidt , M. Brett Johnson , Thomas M. Melsheimer , Thomas B. Walsh, IV , Fish & Richardson, P.C., Dallas, TX, Aubrey B. Harwell, Jr. , James Franklin Sanders , James Isaac Sanders , Neal & Harwell, Nashville, TN, Mark W. Merritt , Robert W. Fuller , Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A., Charlotte, NC, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM

This is a putative class action brought by current and former Student Athletes who played National Collegiate Athletic Association ("NCAA") football (at the Football Bowl Subdivision "FBS" level) or Division I college basketball. Named as Defendants are a host of conferences, networks,...

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