The University of Washington filed a motion to intervene in Whitman County (Wash.) Superior Court on Monday, seeking to join the lawsuit filed by Washington State and Oregon State against the Pac-12 and commissioner George Kliavkoff.
If granted, the motion would pave the way for Washington to file a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, which the school, nor the nine other departing Pac-12 universities -- Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, UCLA, UC Berkeley, USC, Utah and Stanford -- currently has the authority to do while not a party to the lawsuit. UW acted on behalf of the ten universities primarily for jurisdictional reasons, as the original complaint was filed in Washington.