Once again, the Cleveland Browns asked a federal judge to rule on a lawsuit challenging a law the City of Cleveland hopes ...
The Cleveland Browns filed two new motions Friday saying the Modell Law is unconstitutional. According to the court filings, ...
The FOX 8 I-Team has found the Cleveland Browns asking once more for a federal judge to rule the so-called "Modell Law" ...
Owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam continue to claim the law is too vague and violates federal precedent. Ohio AG Dave Yost wants to have the case moved to state court.
In a move to block the Cleveland Browns from moving out of the city, Cleveland mayor Justin Bibb intends to invoke Modell Law to prevent the team from relocating to a new domed stadium in Brook Park.
The Browns filed a complaint in federal court on Oct. 24, 2024, requesting a declaratory judgment against the city’s plan to invoke the Modell Law by arguing that it’s “unconstitutional on its face” ...
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 ...
On January 14, 2025, the City filed a lawsuit in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas seeking to enforce the Modell Law against the Browns and the Haslam Sports Group (HSG) to prevent their ...
The foundation of the lawsuit is the so-called "Modell Law," a statute passed by the Ohio General Assembly in 1996, a year after Art Modell moved the original Browns from Cleveland to Baltimore.
On Wednesday, Jan. 16, Yost asked a federal court judge to pause or dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Browns last fall over Ohio Revised Code Section 9.67 — aka the “Modell Law” — that restricts the ...