City Of Oakland v. Oakland Raiders et al

  1. March 15, 2022

    Oakland Goes To High Court To Save Suit Over Raiders Move

    The city of Oakland, California, is not giving up its fight over the loss of the NFL's Raiders franchise, which moved to Las Vegas in 2020, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to revive antitrust claims against the team and the league.

  2. April 30, 2020

    NFL Beats Oakland's Antitrust Suit Over Raiders' Move

    A California federal magistrate judge on Thursday tossed Oakland's antitrust lawsuit against the NFL and all of its teams over the Oakland Raiders' move to Las Vegas, slamming the California city's "unorthodox theory of antitrust injury" and ruling that it hasn't shown that the NFL's structure is illegal.

  3. April 17, 2020

    Oakland Fights To Keep Alive Claims NFL Is Antitrust 'Cartel'

    The city of Oakland urged a California federal magistrate judge Friday not to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit against the NFL over its decision to move the Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas, saying the league is a "cartel" that restricts the market by barring additional teams from joining it.

  4. December 11, 2019

    Oakland Slams 'Hobson's Choice' NFL Poses To Host Cities

    The city of Oakland told a California federal judge Tuesday that the National Football League has forced host cities into a "Hobson's choice," violating antitrust laws by making them pay "supra-competitive prices" to keep their team or lose their right to host.

  5. July 25, 2019

    Raiders Beat Oakland's Suit Over NFL Team's Move, For Now

    A California federal judge on Thursday threw out a suit over the NFL allowing the Raiders team to move from Oakland to Las Vegas, finding the city has not plausibly alleged it was harmed by the NFL policy and structure that paved the way for the move.

  6. July 19, 2019

    Oakland Faces Skeptical Judge In NFL Suit Over Raiders Move

    A California federal judge struggled to see how an antitrust injury resulted from the National Football League allowing the Raiders team to move from Oakland to Las Vegas, but nonetheless granted on Friday the City of Oakland an opportunity to amend its complaint.

  7. July 17, 2019

    US Should Stay On Sidelines In Raiders Row, Oakland Says

    A California federal court should ignore the U.S. government's contention that the city of Oakland should not be allowed to base its antitrust claims contesting the Oakland Raiders' pending relocation to Las Vegas on lost tax revenue, the city said.

  8. July 12, 2019

    Gov't Says Oakland Can't Cry Lost Taxes From Raiders Move

    The U.S. government on Friday intervened in the City of Oakland's lawsuit against the Oakland Raiders and the NFL over the Raiders' pending relocation to Las Vegas to argue that the city can't use alleged lost tax revenue from the departure of the team as a basis for antitrust claims.

  9. April 18, 2019

    NFL Says City Of Oakland Can't Sue Over Raiders Relocation

    The Oakland Raiders and the NFL have pushed a California federal court to toss claims made by the city that the league broke antitrust laws and breached its own constitution by allowing the Raiders to leave for Las Vegas, saying the city doesn't have any standing to file the suit.