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Justices won't revive Oakland's lawsuit over loss of Raiders
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Las Vegas Raiders running back Josh Jacobs (28) scores a touchdown against the Denver Broncos during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, in Las Vegas. - photo by AP Photo/Abbie Parr
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected Oakland's last-ditch effort to revive an antitrust lawsuit against the National Football League over the Raiders' move to Las Vegas in 2020. The city had been seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in its claim that the league violated federal antitrust law by acting like a “cartel” that sent the Raiders away when Oakland refused to meet the NFL's “increasingly exorbitant” demand for public money to build a new stadium. The federal appeals court in San Francisco rejected the lawsuit, and the justices said Monday they would not intervene.