HIGHLIGHTS

On June 26, 2026, United States District Judge S. Kato Crews, in the lawsuit Randy Gregory v. National Football League, and Denver Broncos Team, LLC, Case No. 1:24-cv-01986-SKC-CYC (the “Lawsuit”) granted ex-NFL linebacker and former Broncos player’s, Randy Gregory’s, motion to remand his Lawsuit, alleging the NFL and the Broncos violated the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (“CADA”) by failing to accommodate his disabilities and by retaliating against him for engaging in protected activity, out of federal court and back to state court.  The federal court’s analysis in granting the motion to remand demonstrates that just because an employee bringing CADA claims may be a party to a collective bargaining agreement, that does not mean that such claims will automatically be subject to a federal court’s jurisdiction; instead, federal jurisdiction will likely depend on whether the resolution of the state-law claims depend on the interpretation and meaning of the collective bargaining agreement.