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.

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 ...

CLEVELAND — Cleveland's fight to keep the Browns from moving from downtown ... who felt betrayed in 1995 when late owner Art Modell, unable to strike a deal with the city to get a new stadium ...

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 ...

Myles Garrett wants no part of a Cleveland Browns rebuild, and who can blame him? The star defensive end should be granted ...

The City of Cleveland returned fire Tuesday in its battle with the Haslam Sports Group. The city filed a lawsuit in the ...

officials expressed that they are invoking the “Modell Law” to “ensure the Cleveland Browns continue to play downtown.” The law was enacted following former Browns owner Art Modell’s ...

CLEVELAND — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and the city of Cleveland have each filed motions seeking to overturn the Browns' federal lawsuit that attempts to have the so-called "Art Modell Law ...

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 ...