By Lester Munson
ESPN.com
In the first of a series of legal battles that will determine the future of the Seattle SuperSonics, attorneys for the city of Seattle will try to persuade a federal judge in a trial beginning Monday that the Sonics are bound by a lease with the city and must play two more seasons in Seattle. On the other side, Sonics owner Clay Bennett and his co-owners want to move the team to Oklahoma City immediately and insist they should be permitted to leave Seattle if they pay the rent at KeyArena for the next two seasons. Bennett has the NBA's approval for that move. The trial and other litigation and threats of litigation raise numerous legal questions. Here are some of the questions and their answers:
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Monday, June 16, 2008
Should they stay or should they go? Sonics case begins
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Labels: Clay Bennett, KeyArena, NBA, Oklahoma City, Seattle SuperSonics
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