Nevada high court to review decision in ex-Raiders coach Jon Gruden’s lawsuit over NFL emails

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden will get a full Nevada Supreme Courtroom assessment of a lawsuit he filed in opposition to the NFL over emails leaked to the media earlier than he resigned from the group in 2021.

The state’s highest court docket isn’t scheduling oral arguments however stated Thursday that every one seven justices will rethink findings after a panel cut up 2-1 in a Could 14 choice to dismiss the case. The identical three justices on July 1 rejected, by the identical 2-1 margin, a request from Gruden’s attorneys to rethink.

The panel determined the league may transfer the civil case into arbitration that could be overseen by a defendant, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Two justices stated Gruden knew when he signed a contract with the Raiders that the NFL used arbitration to resolve disputes. The dissenting justice stated it will be “outrageous” for Goodell to arbitrate a dispute wherein he’s a named defendant.

Attorneys for Gruden, Goodell and the league didn’t instantly reply Friday to electronic mail messages. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy declined to remark.

Gruden’s lawsuit alleges that Goodell and the league pressured the Raiders to fireside Gruden by leaking emails containing racist, sexist and homophobic feedback that Gruden despatched, when he was an on-air analyst at ESPN, about Goodell and others within the NFL. Gruden resigned from the Raiders in November 2021.

The NFL appealed to the state excessive court docket after a state decide in Las Vegas in Could 2022 rejected league bids to dismiss Gruden’s declare outright or to order out-of-court talks that might be overseen by Goodell.

The decide pointed to Gruden’s allegation that the league deliberately leaked solely his paperwork. She stated a jury may determine that was proof of “particular intent,” or an act designed to trigger a specific outcome.

Gruden was Raiders head coach when the group moved in 2020 to Las Vegas from Oakland, California. He’s looking for financial damages, alleging that selective disclosure of the emails and their publication by the Wall Avenue Journal and New York Instances ruined his profession and endorsement contracts.

Gruden coached the Raiders in Oakland from 1998 to 2001, then led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for seven years, profitable a Tremendous Bowl title in 2003. He spent a number of years as a TV analyst for ESPN earlier than being employed by the Raiders once more in 2018.

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