Judge: Lockout Ruling to Take \"Couple of Weeks\" (NFL)

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Source: AP

By JON KRAWCZYNSKI

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The federal judge overseeing the NFL players' request to lift a lockout by the owners said it will take "a couple of weeks" to rule.

U.S. District Court Judge Susan Richard Nelson, however, urged both sides to get back to the bargaining table.

Nelson heard arguments from lawyers for the players and NFL owners Wednesday in St. Paul.

The players say their careers are being irreparably harmed by the lockout. The owners say Nelson doesn't have the jurisdiction to issue an injunction while their is a complaint before the National Labor Relations Board.


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Retired Minnesota Vikings Hall of Fame NFL football player Carl Eller, right, arrives at the Federal Building for the NFL antitrust lockout hearing Wednesday, April 6, 2011 in St Paul, Minn. Players are asking a judge to issue a preliminary injunction on the lockout the owners imposed after talks on a new collective bargaining agreement broke off three weeks ago. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

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1. I wonder if the Government shuts down, is this deemed necessary...

or does the (federal) judge and court reporter get told to stay home, along with other federal employees involved in this court case.