The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) has officially filed a motion to dismiss or stay the lawsuit initiated by Florida State University (FSU) in Leon County, Florida. This legal maneuver follows FSU's previous action last week, where they filed a motion in a North Carolina court to dismiss or stay the ACC's lawsuit against them. The legal battle centers around the jurisdiction of where these cases will be heard, with options being Tallahassee, Florida, or Charlotte, North Carolina. The dispute has highlighted procedural steps each party is taking to gain a strategic advantage, often referred to as establishing 'home field advantage'. The next significant date in this legal wrangling is March 22, when a hearing for FSU's motion in North Carolina is scheduled. This ongoing legal fight also brings to light the possibility of FSU buying back TV rights from the ACC, a point raised in the ACC's 45-page motion to dismiss FSU's lawsuit.
The ACC says Florida State’s lawsuit in Florida should not move forward https://t.co/zbpwXproXa
As expected, the ACC has filed a motion to dismiss/stay FL St’s lawsuit against the conference in FL state court. This comes after FL St already filed a motion to dismiss/stay the ACC lawsuit against FL St in North Carolina state court. Which case proceeds will be important. https://t.co/yN8iV3395T
The ACC wants Leon County to dismiss FSU's lawsuit against the conference. But that wasn't the most interesting part of the 45 pages of legalese. This was: Raising the possibility of the Noles buying back TV rights from the conference. https://t.co/oj8wB5rh4S
ACC files motion to dismiss Florida State's grant of rights lawsuit against the league https://t.co/lKmGHdWnQp
Story on the ACC’s motion to dismiss or stay Florida State’s lawsuit against the conference. Next date to remember in this wrangling is March 22. ⬇️ https://t.co/mIFn7d0mpF
Here's a line from the ACC's latest filing: "Florida State is improperly using this Court to air decades-old insinuations (apparently solely from an old news article) about former ACC Commissioner Swofford and his son..." https://t.co/BEZ8OAOnhr
From the ACC's motion to dismiss FSU's lawsuit in Leon County: "(The) parties substantively engaged first on the field in North Carolina... And that is as it should be." Home court advantage isn't just a basketball thing, friends. https://t.co/BEZ8OAOnhr
Another procedural step in the ACC vs. Florida State suit, as each side attempts to establish home field advantage, basically. https://t.co/2w5aGvbfFe
The ACC this afternoon filed a motion in Florida to dismiss or stay Florida State's lawsuit against the conference. The school filed a similar motion in North Carolina last week seeking to dismiss/stay the league's complaint against FSU.
Worth noting that there's lots of legalese in this fight and most of these motions are procedural. The main point here is the ACC and FSU are, in so many words, fighting over where these cases will be heard (Tallahassee vs. Charlotte), or if cases could be heard concurrently. https://t.co/aki8BRHYX9
The commish and FSU speaking on the same day at ACC kickoff in July is gonna be real interesting https://t.co/gLwsoISw7f
The ACC to Florida judges: https://t.co/pozQDGM8a4 https://t.co/810U19bq6g
The ACC has filed a motion to dismiss or stay Florida State's lawsuit in Florida. FSU last week filed a motion to dismiss or stay the ACC's lawsuit in North Carolina. A hearing for that one is March 22.
The ACC has filed a motion to dismiss or stay Florida State’s suit against the league in Leon County: https://t.co/LrpvDHsbkG
The Atlantic Coast Conference has filed a motion in Florida to dismiss or stay Florida State's lawsuit against the ACC. Last week, FSU asked a North Carolina court to dismiss the ACC's lawsuit against Florida State.
The ACC just filed its motion to dismiss or stay the lawsuit Florida State filed against the conference in Leon County, Fla.