A California appellate court issued a tentative ruling and then heard oral arguments Tuesday in former USC running backs coach Todd McNair’s defamation lawsuit against the NCAA.
The ruling by a three-justice panel in 2nd District Court of Appeal was not made public, but Justice Lee Smalley Edmon said in court before hearing arguments that it gave attorneys an idea of the panel’s current thinking.
The judges gave no indication when a final ruling would be made.
Justice Patti S. Kitching cited emails included in the full record of the NCAA’s investigation and deliberative process in its case against McNair, which stemmed from the Reggie Bush extra benefits scandal at USC.