A class-action lawsuit argues that funding a new domed stadium for Ohio's Cleveland Browns using residents’ unclaimed funds violates multiple provisions of the state and federal constitutions.

Two Democratic former state officials are challenging the constitutionality of raiding the state's unclaimed property fund to help pay for a new Cleveland Browns stadium, among other things.

T wo ex-Ohio politicians have filed a class action lawsuit seeking to stop the Cleveland Browns' plan to build a stadium using Ohioans' unclaimed public funds, according to court documents obtained Monday by Michelle Jarbee and Drew Scofield of WEWS-TV in Cleveland.