CLEVELAND, Ohio — City attorneys and the Ohio attorney general’s office on Friday asked a federal judge to toss out the Cleveland Browns’ lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the so-called “Modell Law,” but for different reasons.

The attorney general’s office says the case should be dismissed because the Modell Law was recently changed, while the city argues that the law was never unconstitutional.

Both argued the case belongs in state court, not federal court, and asked U.S. District Judge David Ruiz to dismiss the team’s lawsuit.

Cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer reached out to the Browns for comment.

The team sued in federal court late last year, seeking a ruling to strike down the Modell Law as unconstitutional after the team announced plans to move from downtown to a $2

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