The amount was 10 times what the plaintiffs in the case had sought.
The plaintiff in that case is seeking less than $70,000.
While the 10 named plaintiffs are seeking money from the city, the larger class is not.
Under it, the company agreed to pay about 1 percent of what the plaintiffs had sought.
The plaintiffs had sought more than $1.5 billion in damages.
The plaintiffs had sought $70 million when they filed the suit in 1983.
Still, the award the plaintiffs are seeking might be hard to recover.
The plaintiffs never wanted the field torn up, but sought to limit its use to family members and four friends at a time.
The case is appealed to this court, with the plaintiff seeking a new trial.
Other legal actions saw the Post as plaintiff seeking to influence public policy.