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Judge pauses Ohio's plan to fund new Browns stadium with unclaimed funds

FILE - This artist’s rendering provided by HKS shows a proposed domed stadium for the Cleveland Browns. (HKS/Cleveland Browns via AP, File) (Uncredited/HKS)

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s plan to use unclaimed funds to help fund construction of a new domed stadium for the Cleveland Browns was temporarily blocked in court on Monday.

In her preliminary injunction, Franklin County Magistrate Jennifer Hunt found that plaintiffs in a lawsuit brought by former Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann are substantially likely to win their case on the merits. Her order pauses the plan while the case is heard.

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