Dueling lawsuits related to Florida State University’s quest to leave the Atlantic Coast Conference to seek more lucrative sports deals are continuing on separate legal tracks in two states.

In North Carolina Business Court, Judge Louis Bledsoe III decided in a 76-page opinion on April 4 to reject Florida State’s motion to dismiss or stay the ACC’s lawsuit seeking a determination that current media rights agreements between the school and the conference are valid and enforceable.

Bledsoe, however, did grant the FSU Board of Trustees’ motion to dismiss the nonprofit sports conference’s breach of fiduciary duty claim.

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