Jaguars Owner Wayne Weaver went to court last month "to
try to quash a subpoena from the Raiders, who sought his
testimony in one of several lawsuits" between the Raiders
and the NFL, according to Mark Basch of the FLORIDA TIMES-
UNION. Weaver was subpoenaed for a $200M suit filed in
February '96 in which the Raiders "sued the league and 16
NFL teams -- but not the Jaguars -- for mismanagement,
breach of fiduciary duty and fraud" involving NFLP and the
WLAF. Weaver claimed that the Raiders "had no business
subpoenaing him 2 1/2 years after the lawsuit was filed,"
and that "the Raiders' discovery effort was initiated in bad
faith, apparently because the Jaguars ... have taken
positions contrary" to Raiders Owner Al Davis. Weaver's
attorney David Otero said that Weaver gave a shortened
deposition in the case earlier this month, and that the
Raiders "did agree to limit the scope of the deposition"
after Weaver objected to releasing internal business
documents. Davis has "been at odds with the NFL for years,"
mainly over the team's move from Oakland to L.A. in '82, and
its move back to Oakland in '95 (FL TIMES-UNION, 10/15).
