Gary Moss, fired as Sam Houston State...

Gary Moss, fired as Sam Houston State basketball coach after the NCAA sanctioned him for violations allegedly committed while he was West Texas State coach in 1984-87, sued school officials and others, including Dick Schultz, the NCAA’s executive director, for allegedly violating his constitutional rights.

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in a case filed against the NCAA by basketball Coach Jerry Tarkanian of Nevada Las Vegas, that it was impossible for the NCAA to violate one’s constitutional rights, holding that only a government agency could do so.