Last year, the Cleveland Browns announced plans to build a new domed stadium in a Cleveland suburb. But the city is attempting to find ways to keep the team within its borders.

The City of Cleveland returned fire Tuesday in its battle with the Haslam Sports Group. The city filed a lawsuit in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas asking for one of two things: that the team be offered for purchase by local buyers to prevent the move to Brook Park or that the company negotiate its exit from the city.

The city of Cleveland filed a lawsuit against the Browns to prevent the team’s planned move to a new domed stadium in Brook Park, Ohio. In the complaint, filed Tuesday in Cuyahoga County (Ohio), the city alleges that a Browns move would violate the Modell Law — an Ohio law that placed conditions on how teams can leave their publicly financed facilities.