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Anna Katrina Sevilla

Supreme Court Opens Door to Landmark NFL Discrimination Trial: Brian Flores Allowed to Sue Over Racism

Supreme Court Opens Door to Landmark NFL Discrimination Trial: Brian Flores Allowed to Sue Over Racism (Credit: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons/Wikimedia Commons)

The United States Supreme Court has cleared the way for former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores to continue pursuing his racial discrimination lawsuit against the NFL in federal court.

On Tuesday, the court declined to hear an appeal from the NFL and several teams that were attempting to move Flores' claims into private arbitration. The decision leaves in place lower court rulings that rejected the league's push to keep the case out of open court, per Reuters.

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