What is Modell Law? How the OH state law could stop the Cleveland Browns from relocating.
The City of Cleveland is enforcing the state's Modell Law against Browns owners to keep the team downtown. Here's how it impacts the Browns.
Yost's filing against Browns' Modell Law suit 'shows state wants Browns in Cleveland'
To Case Western Reserve University law professor Eric Chaffee, there’s one big takeaway from Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s decision to enter the battle between the Cleveland Browns and the City of Cleveland. “It means the state is willing to take a side here — and it does want the Browns to remain in Cleveland,” Chaffee said.
Attorney General Dave Yost weighs in on Modell law battle
As the Cleveland Browns set their sights on the suburbs, Ohio’s top cop is weighing in on the escalating fight over the Modell law, a state law designed to make it harder for pro sports teams to leave publicly subsidized facilities.
Cleveland files 'Modell Law' lawsuit to block Browns' move to Brook Park
Cleveland made good on its promise and is suing the Browns over the NFL franchises plan to move the team to Brook Park. The lawsuit in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court alleges the Browns are ignoring the state’s Modell Law,
'You can't take the money and run': City of Cleveland sues the Browns over Modell law
The lawsuit comes just a few months after the Browns filed their own complaint challenging the constitutionality of the state law in federal court
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost files suit to dismiss Browns lawsuit over Modell Law
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has requested a pause or dismissal of the Browns lawsuit against the City of Cleveland regarding the Modell Law.
Ohio AG Dave Yost, city of Cleveland file motions to dismiss Browns' legal attempts to overturn 'Modell Law'
In his filing, Yost pushed back on the Browns' claims of the Modell Law being 'vague and unclear,' and asserted any other ...
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Bibb invokes 'Modell Law' with Browns, sets deadline for response
Bibb closes the letter by telling the Browns that if they do not respond to the letter by January 9, 2025, or "do not intend ...
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Cleveland intends to invoke Modell Law to keep Browns from moving, Bibb tells Haslams
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb has sent a letter to the Cleveland Browns, telling them the city intends to enforce the Modell Law, which gives the city or local residents the ...
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Cleveland threatens to use ‘Modell Law’ to keep Browns from leaving city, playing in proposed dome
Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb sent a letter to owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam, saying the city intends to invoke the “Modell Law” to prevent them from leaving the Browns’ current lakefront stadium.
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The Browns 'are wrong': Attorney General Dave Yost weighs in on Modell law battle
In a new legal filing, Yost says the fight over the Modell law - and whether it applies to the Browns and their Brook Park stadium plans - should play out in state court ...