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U.S. District Court Judge Paul Magnuson will rule on two lawsuits in the case. The outcome will determine whether Vikings defensive tackles Pat and Kevin Williams will be able to play in Sunday's game.
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WILLIAMS CASE WILL BE HEARD ON FRIDAY, TOO
ProFootballTalk.com —
As it turns out, Judge Paul Magnuson will take up on Friday not only the request for preliminary relief made by the NFLPA in its action on behalf of the five players who took StarCaps not knowing the product contained a banned substance, but also the pending case filed by Vikings defensive tackles Pat and Kevin Williams . At 11:30 a.m. EST on Friday, Judge Magnuson will address the actions, and he presumably will issue a ruling on whether the suspensions will be blocked for the Week Fourteen games involving the Vikings and the New Orleans Saints, who have two players (Deuce ...
Williamses’ Ruling Coming Friday
The National Football Post » Hot News and Rumors —
Williamses’ Ruling Coming Friday From Rochelle Olson of The Star-Tribune : A hearing is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday before U.S. District Court Judge Paul Magnuson in St. Paul on two lawsuits involving Minnesota Vikings defensive tackles Kevin and Pat Williams. The NFL is seeking to dissolve a temporary restraining order issued late Wednesday by Hennepin County District Court Judge Gary Larson. The Minneapolis-based judge ruled in favor of the two players, allowing them to return to Winter Park immediately and begin practice in anticipation of Sunday’s game at Detroit. But ...
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blogs.startribune.com 11/21/2008 — Talk about a long day.
Vikings defensive tackle Kevin Williams began his meeting with NFL officials regarding his appeal of a four-game suspension (see below blog for more details) at 10 this morning in New York. Just heard that as of about 10:15 p.m. ...
Williamses suspended
blogs.startribune.com 12/2/2008 — The four-game suspensions for Vikings defensive tackles Pat and Kevin Williams have been upheld.
The NFL confirmed the Williams will be suspended without pay for four games.
League spokesman Greg Aiello sent an e-mail saying, “The players violated a ...
Purplegate: Pat and Kevin Williams ready for court
i94sports.com 12/3/2008 — ESPN’s Kevin Siefert in his NFC North blog writes that the Williamses plan to “file litigation Wednesday to prevent their four-game suspensions from taking effect.” It is unclear if this will change the outcome of the suspensions, but the lawyers for Kevin and Pat are ready ...
Judge blocks suspensions of Vikings' Williamses - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com 12/4/2008 — MINNEAPOLIS A Minnesota judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the NFL's suspension of Vikings stars Kevin and Pat Williams for violating the league's anti-doping policy, but the players' status for Sunday's game at Detroit remained uncertain. ...
Vikings' 'Williams Wall' taken down, might go to court
startribune.com 12/3/2008 — Pro Bowl tackles Kevin Williams and Pat Williams were suspended for the final four games of the regular season without pay for violating the NFL's policy on anabolic steroids, but may apply for injunctions. .
Kevin and Pat Williams suspended
i94sports.com 12/2/2008 — NFL.com is reporting that Kevin and Pat Williams of the Minnesota Vikings have been suspended by the league for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. Six other players have been suspended as well. The suspensions will take both Kevin and Pat out for the Vikings final four games ...
NFLPA sues to block drug suspensions —
FOXSports.com News for NFL 12/4/2008
The NFL Players Association is suing to block five of the six player suspensions for violating the league's anti-doping policy.
The suit filed in federal court is on behalf of Kevin Williams and Pat Williams of the Minnesota Vikings, and Charles ...
