Miami filed lawsuit before ASU’s action

In a lawsuit submitted Feb. 13, which Arkansas State shared with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on Monday, the University of Miami sued Arkansas State for "declaratory relief" regarding their canceled football game in September due to Hurricane Irma. The lawsuit was filed in a Miami-Dade County court.

Miami's lawsuit was submitted three days before Arkansas State submitted its lawsuit for "breach of contract" in a Craighead County court.

Arkansas State issued Miami an ultimatum Feb. 12 that unless Miami paid the game contract's $650,000 buyout or promptly rescheduled the canceled game, it would sue Miami for breach of contract.

Arkansas State did sue Feb. 16, but late last week it received…