Three Northeast Ohioans with unclaimed funds filed a lawsuit on Monday afternoon against state officials, calling Ohio’s plan to take legal ownership of people’s missing money to help pay for a new Browns’ stadium in Brook Park an “unconstitutional and unlawful misappropriation of private property.”
The lawsuit was filed by DannLaw, a firm based in Lakewood. The plaintiffs are seeking class-action status on behalf of thousands of Ohioans and are asking a judge to prohibit the state from using their cash while the legal fight plays out.
The complaint, in Franklin County Common Pleas Court, alleges that taking money from unclaimed funds for a stadium violates the state’s role as a custodian and runs afoul of both the Ohio and U.S. Constitutions…