COLUMBUS, Ohio - A legal challenge to Ohio's plan to fund a portion of the new Cleveland Browns stadium with money from the state's Unclaimed Funds Account has moved to federal court.

The class action suit was filed by a group of Ohio residents, represented by attorneys including former Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann. It argues that the state's use of $600 million in unclaimed funds for the team's proposed $2.4 billion stadium in Brook Park is an unconstitutional seizure of private property.

The state’s two-year operating budget, signed into law on June 30, 2025, allocates $600 million from the Unclaimed Funds Account to help finance the new stadium. Historically, the money in this account, which includes things like uncashed checks and dormant bank accounts, has been held by the state

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