No decision in Pac-12-Mountain West as choose declines to rule from bench

The newest chapter within the Pac-12’s lawsuit in opposition to the Mountain West started Tuesday morning however produced no conclusion. When it would finish, no one is aware of.

Justice of the Peace Choose Susan van Keulen declined to challenge a ruling on the Mountain West’s movement to dismiss the “poaching penalty” case following a listening to that lasted roughly one hour.

She is going to render a call within the coming days or even weeks.

The Pac-12 issued the next assertion:

“The Pac-12 Conference will continue to move forward with our legal action against the Mountain West Conference. We appreciate the Court’s consideration of the issues at today’s hearing, and we will await its decision. We remain confident in the strength of our position and remain focused on advancing the academic excellence, athletic achievement, and tradition that have defined the Pac-12 for more than a century.”

The shortage of a decision was thought-about the more than likely of 4 attainable outcomes to the listening to within the Northern District of California.

The opposite three:

— Van Keulen would rule in favor of the Pac-12 and reject the Mountain West’s movement to dismiss the lawsuit, thereby sending the case into the invention course of and, ultimately, a trial.

— Van Keulen would request extra data from the Pac-12 in regards to the authorized foundation for the lawsuit, which takes intention on the $55 million in poaching penalties owed to the Mountain West following the introduced departure of 5 faculties to the Pac-12.

— Van Keulen would approve the Mountain West’s movement to dismiss, handing the convention a momentous authorized victory.

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The authorized proceedings started final fall, following the introduced departures of Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State and Utah State to the Pac-12 (subsequent summer time) and the Mountain West’s subsequent demand for $55 million in poaching penalties — a stipulation included in a scheduling settlement signed by the conferences the prior yr.

The Pac-12 and Mountain West agreed to mediation within the spring, however the course of produced no decision.

On the time, a supply with data of the case indicated it was too early for a settlement — that neither aspect felt strain to hunt an escape hatch.

Van Keulen’s determination, each time it materializes, may change the dynamics and encourage one aspect to barter a settlement and keep away from a court docket trial.

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