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(LAMCC) for a lease to play home games in the Los Angeles
Memorial Coliseum (LA Coliseum). On March 1, 1980, the Raiders
entered into a memorandum of agreement (1980 MOA) with the LAMCC.
This agreement provided for a $16.5-million loan to the Raiders.
Repayment was to be made in 30 equal annual payments with
interest at 7 percent. Under the terms of the 1980 MOA, the
Raiders were allowed to construct luxury suites (suites) that
they would own. The Raiders agreed to begin playing their home
games in the LA Coliseum at the start of the 1980 NFL season.
When the Raiders’ move to Los Angeles was announced, the
City of Oakland (Oakland) filed an action against the Raiders in
eminent domain seeking to condemn for public use the Raiders’ NFL
franchise, business, and physical assets. Oakland obtained a
temporary restraining order, and subsequently a preliminary
injunction, prohibiting the Raiders from relocating the team and
playing their home games anywhere but the Oakland Coliseum.
At approximately the same time the Oakland suit was filed,
the NFL filed suit against the Raiders seeking enforcement of the
NFL constitution and bylaws. The NFL claimed the Raiders were
required to obtain the necessary votes of the other NFL members
before the team could be relocated. The NFL obtained a temporary
restraining order, and subsequently a preliminary injunction,
prohibiting the Raiders from relocating the team and playing
their home games anywhere but the Oakland Coliseum.
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