A specially presiding senior judge has ordered the NCAA to turn over emails and other communications related to the repeal of Penn State's sanctions, as part of a defamation lawsuit filed by the estate of Joe Paterno.
At issue is whether the NCAA maliciously and unfairly tarnished Paterno's name and harmed the plaintiffs, which also include former assistant coaches Bill Kenney and Paterno's son, Jay.
The lawsuit was filed in 2013 and seeks punitive damages. The defendants include the NCAA, president Mark Emmert and former executive committee chairman Ed Ray.
According to the Judge John Leete's order, which was filed Monday, the NCAA must turn over communications between board members and administrators, and between itself and Penn State officials.