The University of Miami filed a motion Tuesday in Craighead County Circuit Court to dismiss Arkansas State University's lawsuit against Miami in favor of its own lawsuit, which was filed in Miami-Dade County.
Both universities filed lawsuits over a dispute regarding their canceled football game on Sept. 9 due to Hurricane Irma.
Miami filed for "declaratory relief" on Feb. 13, ASU sued for "breach of contract" on Feb. 16, and the universities are now jockeying over jurisdiction of the case.
Dismissal is important, Miami stated, because "unless one of these courts prudently declines to exercise its jurisdiction, the parties will be stuck in parallel cases where conflicting rulings could be issued leading to one state court's ruling being pitted against the other.