Stories for Jan. 18, 2008

City to Sonics: How big's your legal war chest?

It's increasingly clear that the City of Seattle strategy in the dispute of the Sonics is politics-by-litigation, otherwise known as trying to run the other side out of money by imposing high legal costs. Time is probably on the city's side. The Sonics new Oklahoma City owners, meanwhile, are starting to cry uncle. On Thursday, they tried to speed up the trial date and get the case into mediation, according to an Associated Press report. No way, Jose, said the City.

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