LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- The Nevada Supreme Court sided with former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden on Monday following a re-hearing involving his lawsuit against the National Football League (NFL).

In the order, five of the seven justices determined the NFL’s arbitration clause does not apply to Gruden as a former employee.

Gruden filed the lawsuit against the NFL and its commissioner, Roger Goodell, in November 2021, over what he called his “forced” resignation the month before. Lawyers for the league have claimed Gruden “consistently” sent “derogatory emails” while he led the team, according to court filings.

Lawyers for the NFL have pushed to settle Gruden’s lawsuit through arbitration -- and not the public process of discovery. That process would likely reveal how and who leaked Grud

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