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COURT TELLS RAIDERS BUSINESS DOCUMENTS ARE PUBLIC RECORD

          The CA Third District Court of Appeal "has denied" the
     Raiders' "bid to keep its business records from being made
     public in its legal battle" with the city of Oakland and
     Alameda County, according to Bonita Brewer of the CONTRA
     COSTA TIMES.  The court also "upheld a judge's order" for
     the city and county to "release" 412 Raiders documents the
     governments "had claimed were confidential attorney-client
     communications."  The trial on the Raiders' "claim that they
     can rescind" their 2011 lease at the Coliseum is "expected
     to begin" in April in Sacramento County.  The city and
     Alameda County yesterday "filed a motion to get almost all
     of the" Raiders' suit "thrown out of court," while the
     Raiders filed motions asking the judge to "throw out
     portions" of a city-county lawsuit (CONTRA COSTA TIMES,
     11/30).  In San Jose, Renee Koury writes that Raiders Owner
     Al Davis "contends he was falsely assured" that all seats
     were sold at Network Associates Coliseum "before he signed
     the deal" in '95 (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, 11/30).
          LEGAL MOVE: The SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL's Mullen &
     Lombardo report that NFL owners will meet this week in
     Atlanta to discuss a suit brought by Davis against NFL
     Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and former President Neil
     Austrian.  The suit claims the two league execs "set up an
     executive compensation fund that now totals nearly" $100M by
     "getting approval from a hand-picked group of four owners
     who were not given all of the details of what they were
     approving" (SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, 11/29 issue).  In a
     sidebar, Mullen reports that the Raiders suit also alleges
     that the NFL "granted" News Corp. Chair Rupert Murdoch the
     "first right of refusal" to buy an NFL team outside of North
     America as part of the World League joint venture with Fox
     Entertainment.  NFL Senior VP/Communications Joe Browne said
     that while the concept was "discussed," Murdoch "does not"
     have such a right (SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, 11/29 issue). 

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