City Of Oakland v. Oakland Raiders
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 CITY OF OAKLAND, Case No. 18-cv-07444-JCS
8 Plaintiff,
ORDER REGARDING MOTION TO
9 v. DISMISS FIRST AMENDED
COMPLAINT
10 OAKLAND RAIDERS, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 73 Defendants. 11
12 I. INTRODUCTION 13 Plaintiff the City of Oakland (“Oakland”) brings this action against the Defendants the 14 Oakland Raiders (the “Raiders”), the National Football League (the “NFL”), and all thirty-one 15 other teams in the NFL,1 asserting that the Raiders’ decision to leave Oakland, and the NFL’s 16 approval of that decision, violate the antitrust laws and the NFL’s own governing documents, 17 among other claims. On a motion by Defendants, the Court previously dismissed Oakland’s 18 complaint with leave to amend. Oakland has now filed a first amended complaint, and Defendants 19 move to dismiss once again under Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure. The 20 Court held a public hearing by videoconference on April 17, 2020. For the reasons discussed 21 below, Defendants’…