JUDGE THROWS OUT PARTS OF RAIDERS' LAWSUIT AGAINST COLISEUM

          In a tentative ruling yesterday, Sacramento County
     Superior Court Judge Joe Gray "threw out vital portions" of
     the Raiders' lawsuit against Network Associates Coliseum
     officials and "might have given them the chance to kill the
     team's case" against them, according to David Holbrook of
     the CONTRA COSTA TIMES.  The ruling "prevents the Raiders
     from pursuing charges of conspiracy, breach of good faith
     and other allegations against the public agencies and
     private individuals" who brokered the team's move back to
     Oakland in '95.  Gray left "intact" the team's allegations
     of fraud and negligent misrepresentation that are the
     "basis" for its $1.1B suit.  However, the ruling "implies
     [Brown] would consider a new motion by Coliseum officials to
     strike those charges as well," which accuse them of "falsely
     promising the team a sold out stadium to lure them from"
     L.A.  Attorneys for the city of Oakland and Alameda County
     called the ruling a "major victory" (C.C. TIMES, 6/13).