A day after the Third Circuit heard arguments over the right of several former NFL players to appeal from the trial court’s preliminary approval of the class settlement in the concussion litigation, it declined to exercise jurisdiction.

In a one-page order issued Thursday, the three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit who had heard arguments Wednesday denied the petition for leave to appeal.

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