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A state court in Washington on Monday granted a temporary restraining order that precludes the Pacific-12 Conference’s board from meeting tomorrow to potentially make decisions about the league’s future.
The two universities that have not announced plans to leave the Pac-12, Oregon State and Washington State Universities, filed a legal complaint against the conference and its officials last Friday, saying they, and not the departing members, should decide the conference’s future because they are the “only remaining members with a legitimate interest in [its] survival and success,” said Jayathi Murthy, president of Oregon State.
Washington State’s president, Kirk Schulz, posted a statement on Facebook applauding the decision of the judge in Whitman County, Wash.