OAKLAND — Attorneys for the city of Oakland have filed legal papers asking a judge to issue a preliminary injunction barring Alameda County from selling its half ownership of the 155-acre Coliseum complex to the Oakland A’s baseball team for $85 million.
The city’s lawyers said Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch should grant the injunction, which would extend a preliminary temporary restraining order he issued on Oct. 1, at a hearing Thursday because the city likely would prevail if the case goes to trial.
The city filed its legal papers on Friday even though the City Council voted on Tuesday to enter into exclusive negotiations with the A’s to sell the city’s half of the Coliseum to the team.