It’s safe to assume that when then-Ohio Gov. George Voinovich signed the so-called “Art Modell Law” in 1996, the possibility of the law being used against the Cleveland Browns wasn’t on anyone’s mind.

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 ...

The statue was passed by the Ohio General Assembly in 1996, a year after Art Modell moved the original Browns from Cleveland to Baltimore. The entire statute from the Ohio Revised Code reads as ...

The Browns never responded. RELATED: City of Cleveland enforcing Art Modell law to keep the Browns in downtown In the documents, the City of Cleveland accuses the Browns of “abandoning the City ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns ... passed in 1996 in response to the decision by previous Browns franchise owner Art Modell to move the team to Baltimore. The law requires professional ...

The 1996 law refers to then-Browns owner Art Modell who planned to move the team to Baltimore in 1995. An amended complaint, filed by the Cleveland Browns Football Company LLC in November, questions ...

The Modell Law, passed in 1996 after former owner Art Modell moved the original Browns to Baltimore, requires the team to give Cleveland six-months’ notice before leaving town and give residents ...

The City of Cleveland returned fire Tuesday in its battle with the Haslam Sports Group. The city filed a lawsuit in the ...