Cleveland Browns Stadium Dispute With City, Modell Law Expands
It’s safe to assume that when then-Ohio Gov. George Voinovich signed the so-called “Art Modell Law” in 1996, the possibility ...
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Why the Modell Law may not be strong enough to keep the Browns in Cleveland
A toothless, untested, unenforceable piece of legislation that has no bearing on the team’s attempt to build a domed stadium in Brook Park after Huntington Bank Field’s (HBF) lease expires in 2028 ...
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Browns tell City they will not comply with Modell law, want decision made in court
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 ...
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Cleveland Browns respond to Mayor Bibb’s threat to enforce Modell Law: See you in court
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 ...
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Browns, City of Cleveland spar over Modell Law threat
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, ...
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Cleveland Browns respond to Mayor Justin Bibb's 'Modell Law' letter as both sides prepare for potential court battle
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 ...
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The City of Cleveland and State of Ohio Fight to Enforce the Modell Law and Block the Browns’ Move to Brook Park
This week, the City of Cleveland (the City) and the State of Ohio (the State) took several key actions in the battle to prevent the Cleveland ...
City of Cleveland fires latest legal volley in battle over the Cleveland Browns move
The City of Cleveland returned fire Tuesday in its battle with the Haslam Sports Group. The city filed a lawsuit in the ...