The Brief

PASADENA, Calif. - The city of Pasadena and the Rose Bowl Operating Company have escalated their legal dispute with UCLA , filing court papers to obtain a temporary restraining order to prevent the university from moving its home football games.

The legal action

What we know:

The restraining order is intended to prohibit UCLA from playing any home football games at any other venue in Los Angeles or Orange counties while the underlying lawsuit is pending. It also bars the university from trying to terminate its Rose Bowl lease during the litigation.

The city and the Rose Bowl Operating Company sued the university in late October to enforce the terms of a lease agreement that they claim requires UCLA to play football at the venue until 2044.

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