Case Details

Year Initiated/Committed

1996

Year Resolved

1996

Court

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Docket Number

Div. No. 6 96-155

Lead State

MD

Participating States

MD

Defendant(s)

National Football League and individual football teams

Case Description

Case voluntarily dismissed as part of the settlement of three related cases in which the NFL guaranteed Cleveland an expansion team; Cleveland retained the Browns name; and the Cleveland team moved to Baltimore to become the Baltimore Ravens.