The conference would be a case management meeting, not open to the public, but it is the first major movement on the case ...

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.

It’s only going to help the City of Cleveland regardless of whether or not the statute is enforceable.” Plus — win or lose — invoking the Modell Law is a powerful PR tool, Chaffee said. Three decades ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns late Thursday filed a lawsuit against the city of Cleveland challenging the “Modell Law,” a state law designed to stop teams from leaving cities that ...

The Cleveland Browns sued the City of Cleveland in federal court on Thursday, claiming an Ohio law-Revised Code 9.67, the so-called "Art Modell law"-is unconstitutional and can't legally block the ...

CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Browns' push to move out of the city and play in a proposed domed stadium has encountered a new roadblock. Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb sent a letter to owners Dee and ...

However, the city has signaled its decision to use the law created and named after a previous owner of the Browns, Art Modell, moved the franchise to Baltimore, Maryland in 1995. Recently, the ...

Specifically, the city plans to use current state law, passed in 1996 and named for former Browns owner Art Modell, who moved the team from Cleveland to Baltimore, as the justification to keep the ...

Cleveland will be playing hardball to keep its pro football team in town. Via FOX 8, the city has decided to invoke the “Modell Law” in an effort to keep the Browns from leaving downtown and building ...

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.

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.

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.