Arkansas State University has filed its response to the University of Miami's motion to dismiss a lawsuit that the Jonesboro school filed in state court over a canceled football game.
In its Monday afternoon filing, ASU said Miami's motion should be denied because Craighead County is the "proper jurisdiction and venue for this action since the contract was to be performed in Arkansas."
Miami filed its motion March 20 in Craighead County to dismiss ASU's lawsuit in favor of its own suit, which was filed in Miami-Dade County, Fla.
The Florida school said dismissal is important to avoid parallel cases with conflicting rulings, and that it wants to avoid pitting the state courts' decisions against each other.