St. Louis sues NFL, teams over Rams' relocation

[YardRat]

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/19143274/st-louis-sues-nfl-teams-relocation-los-angeles

The city of St. Louis filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the National Football League over the Rams (http://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/la/los-angeles-rams)' relocation to Los Angeles, alleging the league violated its own relocation guidelines and enriched itself at the expense of the community it left behind.The move comes 15 months after the team departed. St. Louis is joined in the lawsuit by St. Louis County and the region's sports authority. The lawsuit filed in St. Louis Circuit Court names the NFL, all 32 teams and their owners, and seeks unspecified but "extensive" damages and restitution.
The NFL says there is "no legitimate basis" for the lawsuit. A spokesman for the league, Brian McCarthy, said it worked diligently with local and state officials in a process he calls "honest and fair."

[stuckincincy]

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/19143274/st-louis-sues-nfl-teams-relocation-los-angeles

The city of St. Louis filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the National Football League over the Rams (http://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/la/los-angeles-rams)' relocation to Los Angeles, alleging the league violated its own relocation guidelines and enriched itself at the expense of the community it left behind.The move comes 15 months after the team departed. St. Louis is joined in the lawsuit by St. Louis County and the region's sports authority. The lawsuit filed in St. Louis Circuit Court names the NFL, all 32 teams and their owners, and seeks unspecified but "extensive" damages and restitution.
The NFL says there is "no legitimate basis" for the lawsuit. A spokesman for the league, Brian McCarthy, said it worked diligently with local and state officials in a process he calls "honest and fair."


Should be fun.

Regarding

..."Three separate lawsuits related to personal seat licenses were consolidated into one suit.", there might be some precedent there.

When Paul Brown Stadium was being built, the Bengals published "incorrect" seating charts, resulting in some PSL buyers plunking more up-front cash than the seating called for. The fans won the lawsuit.

A few years later, they sent out demand letters to folks who relinquished their PSLs, saying that even though they no longer had the PSL, they had to pay for season ticket for several years in the future.

Another lawsuit.

[Homegrown]

LA should sue St Louis for Fraudulent & Negligent Misrepresentation for passing the Rams off as a professional football team.

[Historian]

Odd timing....