The panel gave the Rams attorneys fees regarding the option, and the sports authority attorneys fees for their work on repair costs, all figures still to be worked out. The ruling is an interim one until those details are final.

This case is one of at least four filed by St. Louis plaintiffs after the Rams left for LA.

A class-action suit on behalf of thousands of personal seat license holders settled in December for $24 million against the Rams. A judge recently granted class-action status to another suit, brought by fans looking to get money back from ticket and merchandise sales.

The last and largest suit, also filed by the sports complex authority, alleges the Rams and the NFL purposefully misled and defrauded the region, among other claims, as the team prepared to move from St. Louis to LA.

“Arbitration is always an uphill battle for the plaintiff,” said Shrewsbury, the authority chair. “It’s really the only lawsuit we’ve lost, or decision that’s gone against us, since this whole thing began.”

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