Lawyers for Kroenke, the National Football League and five other league executives had asked the court to block St. Louis Circuit Judge Christopher McGraugh's July order requiring Kroenke and the others to turn over the records. For Kroenke, that would include other sports franchises, management groups, a winery, and several other businesses, as well as his wife's financial dealings. Kroenke’s wife, Ann Walton Kroenke, is a multi-billionaire heir to the Walmart fortune.
Lawyers for Kroenke and the others have complained those entities were not involved in the Rams’ 2016 relocation, and that Missouri law would only allow admission of the information about their financial assets if there was “clear and convincing evidence” that the plaintiffs were “intentionally harmed.