Legal Opinion
McNair v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 6, 2015No. B245475PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ALDRICH, J.
INTRODUCTION
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (the NCAA) unsuccessfully moved the trial court to seal 400 pages of the record in a lawsuit brought against it by plaintiff, Todd McNair, a former assistant football coach at the University of Southern California (USC). The NCAA specially moved to strike plaintiff’s complaint on the ground the action was a strategic lawsuit against public participation (Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16), 1 and moved the trial court to seal certain records. Although the trial court denied the NCAA’s motion to seal, it conditionally sealed the…
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