The first hearing of Florida State’s lawsuit against the Atlantic Coast Conference in Leon County has a date.

Judge John C. Cooper will hear the case on April 9 in the Leon County Courthouse, according to a report from The Tampa Bay Times.

Judge Cooper will hear the ACC’s motion to dismiss or stay FSU’s suit.

The North Carolina case, filed by the ACC against the FSU Board of Trustees, has a hearing scheduled for March 22.

The board of trustees voted unanimously to sue the ACC to challenge the legality of the league's grant of rights and its $130 million withdrawal fee. The ACC has since countersued FSU.

The ACC originally filed its lawsuit against FSU on Dec. 21, 2023, a day before the Seminoles’ Board of Trustees approved its lawsuit against the conference.

After amounting to a $10.3 million surplus in 2022, the Seminoles’ athletics department operated at a $2.57 million deficit in 2023, according to reports obtained by USA TODAY Sports in partnership with the Knight-Newhouse Data project at Syracuse University.

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