March 11 - The Student Supreme Court took prompt and decisive action Thursday night, dismissing the case against the Carolina Athletic Association at a pretrial hearing.
The Court will not rehear the case, and there is no appeal process.
Domenick Grasso, a member of Student Congress and the plaintiff in the case, alleged that the CAA violated Title VII of the Code by retaining more than 40 men's basketball tickets for its members' use.
Although he said he will accept the Court's ruling, Grasso still believes CAA is in the wrong.
"The CAA consistently and blatantly violated the Code, regardless of whatever the judgment might be by the Student Supreme Court," he said.
Student Attorney General Carolina Chavez and Steve Russell, a second-year law student and CAA member, submitted the motion to dismiss Wednesday night, highlighting several factors they said made Grasso's case invalid - primarily that his complaint fell outside of the period in which plaintiffs are required to file.
Chavez said she is not surprised by the Court's ruling. "I felt our grounds were valid."
Russell, on the other hand, said he was not sure what to think the night before the trial.
"I wasn't really sure what to expect going in, since the (Supreme Court) so rarely operates," he said.