Supreme Court Rejects NFL’s Appeal in Brian Flores’ Landmark Racial Discrimination Lawsuit

The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away an appeal by the NFL stemming from coach Brian Flores’ landmark racial discrimination lawsuit, allowing his case to proceed in federal court instead of closed-door arbitration overseen by the league.

The high court declined to review a lower court decision that allowed Flores’ case to move forward in open court instead of arbitration, in which Commissioner Roger Goodell would serve as the decisionmaker. Justice Brett Kavanaugh said he would have heard the case.

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