Legal Opinion
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission v. National Football League
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 28, 1984No. Nos. 82-5572 to 82-5574, 82-5664, 82-5665, 83-5714, 83-5732 and 83-5938PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
These appeals involve the hotly contested move by the Oakland Raiders, Ltd. professional football team from Oakland, California, to Los Angeles, California. We review only the liability portion of the bifurcated trial; the damage phase was concluded in May 1983 and is on a separate appeal. After a thorough review of the record and the law, we affirm.
I. FACTS
In 1978, the owner of the Los Angeles Rams, the late Carroll Rosenbloom, decided to locate his team in a new stadium, the “Big A,” in Anaheim, California. That left the Los Angeles Coliseum without a major…
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