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I looked up the case.

Seems weird to sue every team and every team's principal owner.

Not sure how strong a case it is to sue under the idea that the NFL relocation policy was not strictly followed. Seems that the relocation policy resulted from the Raiders winning the antitrust case in the early 1980's.

Not sure if NFL will be able to compare how well the relocation policy was followed when St. Louis "attracted" the Rams after the NFL awarded Carolina and Jacksonville the 1994 expansion teams ahead of the St. Louis bid. The first Rams relocation from LA to St. Louis would have occurred while the relocation policy was in place. Who knows how well it was followed then?

Seems like both sides are asking for and getting permission to file case documents under seal.

I suppose it would be interesting to know what bases the NFL Defendants and Teams are arguing for summary judgment.

Seems like summary judgment could be based on the idea that the Relocation policy is not enforceable by these Plaintiffs or, possibly, based on an estoppel argument that the Plaintiffs may have benefitted in 1994 from the same stuff they are complaining about now. The fact that it is LA involved for both moves could matter, I would suppose.

IIRC, Greitens and the GOP in Jefferson City opposed any public assistance to a stadium that would support the MLS bid. St. Louis then put together a privately funded proposal that ended up getting a MLS team. That story might weigh in favor of the Defendants.

Seems like if Kroenke was in a position to have to invest his own money to build a suitable facility, he might have more right to relocate and build it where it is arguably a much better investment.

It wonder if the NFL will have the nerve to say that the XFL team in St. Louis won some games and therefore mitigated damages.

St. Louis may have been the best soccer city in the USA before the 1994 World Cup and MLS. St. Louis may just have to be happy to have Cardinals in MLB, Blues in NHL, and the new MLS team.

This case might end up moving a few dollars around, but case seems like a jobs program for lawyers more than anything else.