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MINNEAPOLIS (AP)\u2014Handed a setback by one judge this week, the NFL is preparing to call on another court for help in this fight with the players over the present and future of the $9 billion business.<\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson sided with the players and lifted the lockout, and she said Tuesday she\u2019ll hear from them Wednesday morning before considering the league\u2019s request to put her ruling on hold.<\/p>\n

If Nelson denies the NFL\u2019s request for a stay, the owners will ask the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis for the same thing. They\u2019re also asking the appeals court to overturn Nelson\u2019s decision; the 8th Circuit would have \u201cde novo\u201d jurisdiction, meaning it can consider the case anew.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that our legal position is meritorious,\u201d NFL lead negotiator Jeff Pash said. \u201cWe believe it will be upheld on appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 8th Circuit has tended to lean to the right with its rulings, but it\u2019s not certain that would actually help the NFL. After all, the NFLPA shed its union status, and ordering the players back to organized labor doesn\u2019t fit with a pro-business, employer-friendly trend.<\/p>\n

The league expressed optimism and confidence about the case, regardless of any particular judicial views.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn these issues in particular, the history of appeals court rulings has been quite different from how trial courts have looked at this,\u201d Pash said. He added: \u201cWe feel we have very credible legal arguments to assert, and we\u2019ll know in a short period of time whether we\u2019re right or not.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pash pointed to the NFL\u2019s prompt filing Monday night of an expedited request for the stay as proof the owners aren\u2019t dragging their feet to keep from starting the league year before they\u2019re ready.<\/p>\n

John Hancock Jr., a labor lawyer in Detroit for the firm Butzel Long, said he believes Nelson\u2019s order was thorough enough to be stay-proof.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce you find that there\u2019s immediate and irreparable harm, which is the basis for the injunction, it\u2019s hard to say you\u2019re going to wait a while to put that into effect,\u201d Hancock said.<\/p>\n

That the players gave up union status, he said, also might make it difficult for the league to win the appeal.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce you agree to that \u2026 the law is pretty well settled,\u201d Hancock said.<\/p>\n

Seth Borden, a labor law expert at McKenna, Long and Aldridge in New York, said he believes Tuesday\u2019s chaos around the NFL could actually help the NFL\u2019s argument for a stay.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe confusion\u2014about trades, free agency, signings, workouts\u2014possibly provides the league with an argument that until the appeals can be heard, it doesn\u2019t make sense to go forward with a new league year,\u201d Borden said. \u201cThe NFL could try to argue that doing so would cause irreparable harm to the league, if the lockout is reinstated on appeal and there have been signings and trades made under the old agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Borden also said although he saw Nelson\u2019s ruling as \u201cvery thorough and well-reasoned\u201d he felt she \u201cgave the players a pass\u201d on the irreparable harm issue by essentially placing the blame for the work stoppage solely on the owners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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