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Cleveland Browns file lawsuit calling for Art Modell Law to be declared unconstitutional amid plans to build domed stadium in Brook Park
RELATED: City of Cleveland to 'move forward' on using Art Modell Law to prevent Browns from going to Brook Park "In the Columbus Crew example, then-Attorney General (Mike) DeWine started with an ...
Cleveland Browns update federal lawsuit arguing Modell Law is unconstitutional, irrelevant to plans to move team to Brook Park: Legally Speaking
The new version of the lawsuits adds three new business entities as plaintiffs, and personally names Cleveland Law Director Mark Griffin as a defendant ...
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City of Cleveland to 'move forward' on using Art Modell Law to prevent Browns from going to Brook Park
Specifically, the city plans to use current state law, passed in 1996 and named for former Browns owner Art Modell, who moved the team from Cleveland to Baltimore, as the justification to keep the ...
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Cleveland City Council approves ordinance directing city to enforce 'Art Modell Law' in Browns stadium talks
CLEVELAND — As the battle over a possible ... Passed in 1996, the "Modell Law" was derisively named after former Browns owner Art Modell months after he moved the team to Baltimore.
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Cleveland tells Browns it will use 'Modell Law' to block move
CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Browns' push ... The Modell law was passed in 1996 after former Browns owner Art Modell moved the franchise to Baltimore. It states that no owner of a professional ...
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City of Cleveland enforcing Art Modell law to keep the Browns in downtown
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The City of Cleveland sent a letter to the Haslams, the owners of the Browns, telling them they will invoke the Art Modell law. The letter sent on Monday is the latest in ...
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Art Modell Law Cited by City of Cleveland in Browns Attempted Move
The controversial Art Modell Law has been cited by the City of Cleveland in an attempt to block the Browns from moving outside of the city limits. Back in October, the City of Cleveland said it ...
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Browns stadium latest: What is the Art Modell law?
CLEVELAND (WJW) — Since discussions began of the Cleveland Browns moving out of the city, so have mentions of the Art Modell Law. Since last week’s announcement that the Browns indeed plan to ...
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Cleveland threatens to use ‘Modell Law’ to keep Browns from leaving to play in proposed dome
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns' push ... The Modell Law was passed in 1996 after former Browns owner Art Modell moved the franchise to Baltimore. It states that no owner of a professional ...
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Why the Modell Law may not be strong enough to keep the Browns in Cleveland
Art Modell, to move the franchise over 400 miles away to Baltimore, Maryland in 1995.” Weinstein (mostly) sides with the Browns on this one, but Chaffee sides with the city, arguing that Cleveland is ...
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Browns Release Statement in Response to 'Art Modell Law' to Block New Stadium Deal
The Cleveland Browns are trying desperately to ... Earlier this week, the city invoked the Art Modell Law in an attempt to block the move of the team to a new city - even if it is just 14 miles ...
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Cleveland threatens to use 'Modell Law' to keep Browns from leaving city, playing in proposed dome
CLEVELAND (AP ... The Modell Law was passed in 1996 after former Browns owner Art Modell moved the franchise to Baltimore. It states that no owner of a professional sports team in Ohio ...