For the convenience of Civil Procedure and Sports Law professors (or any other interested parties), this page contains links to the court documents in WVU v. Rodriguez.
Pleadings and Disputes About Pleadings
Plaintiff's Original Complaint (state court)
Defendant's Answer, Counterclaim, and Third Party Claim (adds WVU Foundation)
WVU Answer to Counterclaim, Partial Motion to Dismiss, and Brief in Support of Motion to Dismiss
Rodriguez Response to Motion for Partial Dismissal
WVU Foundation Motion to Dismiss Third Party Claim
Rodriguez Response to Motion to Dismiss Third Party Claim
Defendant's Notice of Filing of Letter of Credit
Jurisdictional Disputes
Plaintiff's Brief in Support of Motion to Remand
Order Transferring Case (original federal judge recuses herself)
Plaintiff's Motion for Jurisdictional Discovery
Plaintiff's Brief in Support of Jurisdictional Discovery
Defendant's Brief in Response to Motion to Remand
Exhibit A to Response (Michigan lease)
Exhibit B to Response (Michigan voter registration)
Exhibit C to Response (Michigan driver's license)
Exhibit D to Response (Fed Ex tracking form)
Order Remanding Case to State Court
Discovery
Plaintiff's Discovery Request (served with Complaint)
Rodriguez Response to First Consolidated Discovery
WVU Motion to Compel Discovery
WVU Second Consolidated Discovery Request
WVU Motion for Pretrial Conference and Expedited Disposition
Rodriguez First Consolidated Discovery Requests
WVU Amended Motion to Compel Discovery and Supporting Brief
WVU Second Motion to Compel Discovery
Pastilong (Athletic Director) Deposition
Brown (Rodriguez agent) Deposition Part I
Garrison (WVU President) Deposition
Walker (WVU President's Chief of Staff) Deposition
Petroplus (WVU donor/BOG) deposition
Farmer (WVU donor/BOG) deposition
Settlement
Newspaper summary of case settlement terms
For a blog on the case, with good links to relevant information, see:
WVU Sports & Entertainment Law Society Blog
For local media coverage, see:
WBOY-TV (Clarksburg, WV)
WVU Daily Athenaeum (Student newspaper)
