Kroenke, Rams, NFL to appeal relocation lawsuit to U.S. Supreme Court
City of Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts and Los Angeles Rams owner Stan Kroenke at LA Rams Press Conference in Inglewood, CA, January 15, 2016 (photo: Urban Girl Media)
By Joel Currier St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS — Los Angeles Rams owner Stan Kroenke, his team and the National Football League want the U.S. Supreme Court to hear why a lawsuit over the team’s 2016 departure from St. Louis should be settled behind closed doors.
A day after the Missouri Supreme Court ruled the relocation lawsuit should be decided in a St. Louis courtroom — and not in arbitration — Kroenke’s lawyers filed a motion to halt the court’s order until they can make their pitch to the nation’s highest court.
The legal maneuver is likely to reignite frustrations among local Rams fans and city leaders who felt betrayed by Kroenke’s decision to pull out of St. Louis for a fresh start on the West Coast.
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