Florida State’s fight to leave the ACC has hit its first hurdle.
The ACC’s lawsuit against Florida State to uphold the conference’s Grant of Rights agreement will proceed in North Carolina court, with the state’s chief business court judge Louis A. Bledsoe III denying the majority of FSU’s arguments against the conference. Florida State had wanted the suit either dismissed or stayed while the school’s lawsuit against the conference in Florida played out.
Amongst the dismissed arguments were FSU’s claim the ACC prematurely filed its lawsuit, that sovereign immunity protected the university from being sued in the state and breach of good faith and fair dealing.