A U.S. District Court judge in Mississippi on Wednesday dismissed former Ole Miss football coach Houston Nutt's civil lawsuit against the university and its board of trustees, after both sides agreed the court didn't have jurisdiction to decide the matter.
Nutt had sued Ole Miss and the board of trustees for the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, asserting that former Rebels coach Hugh Freeze, athletic director Ross Bjork and other officials violated his separation agreement by making incorrect statements about him during off-the-record conversations with media.