Ohio's plan to use unclaimed funds to help fund construction of a new domed stadium for the Cleveland Browns has been temporarily blocked in court. A judge ruled Monday that a lawsuit was substantially likely to win on the merits. A $60 billion budget took $1 billion from the state’s Unclaimed Funds Account to pay for the stadium. The lawsuit argues provisions of the budget violate constitutional prohibitions against taking people’s private property for government use, as well as citizens’ due process rights. Monday's ruling pauses the plan while the case is heard.
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