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EXHIBIT A
Case: 17-40936 Document: 00514197983 Page: 1 Date Filed: 10/17/2017
 
 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE MANAGEMENT COUNCIL, Plaintiff, v.  NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION, Defendant. Case No. 1:17-cv-06761-KPF
MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF THE NFLPA’S MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
Case: 17-40936 Document: 00514197983 Page: 2 Date Filed: 10/17/2017
 
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PRELIMINARY STATEMENT .................................................................................................... 1 STATEMENT OF FACTS ............................................................................................................. 7 A. The Underlying Arbitration .................................................................................... 7 B. Litigation History .................................................................................................. 12 ARGUMENT ................................................................................................................................ 14 I. Elliott Will Suffer Irreparable Harm ..................................................................... 15 II. The Balance of Hardships Weighs in Favor of Elliott and the NFLPA ................ 16 III. The NFLPA and Elliott Have Demonstrated a Likelihood of Success or, Alternatively, “Serious Questions” on the Merits of Their Vacatur Claim .......... 18 A. This Circuit Has Long Recognized the Deep-Seated and Discrete Denial of “Pertinent and Material” Evidence Standard as a Basis for Vacating an Arbitration Award as Fundamentally Unfair .................. 18 B. The Award Defies the FAA’s Discrete, Textual Requirements and Thus Requires Vacatur .............................................................................. 22 C. The Public Interest Favors Granting an Injunction ................................... 25 CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................. 25
Case: 17-40936 Document: 00514197983 Page: 3 Date Filed: 10/17/2017

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