Once again, the Cleveland Browns asked a federal judge to rule on a lawsuit challenging a law the City of Cleveland hopes ...
Owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam continue to claim the law is too vague and violates federal precedent. Ohio AG Dave Yost wants to ...
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.
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 ...
A letter from Bibb was sent to Browns owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam this week, where it outlined the city of Cleveland's plans to enforce the Art Modell Law, challenging their decision to move from ...
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 ...
In a lengthy item on the team's website that few will read and even fewer will understand (hand raised), the Browns unveiled their proposed for funding a new domed stadium in Brook Park.
Second, litigation is pending regarding whether the Haslams can move the team out of Cleveland, given the terms of the Art Modell Law, which was passed after the original Browns moved to Baltimore.
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. Yet the City of Cleveland sued ...