A judge ruled that an estimated 55,000...

A judge ruled that an estimated 55,000 season-ticket holders to Arizona State University football games are entitled to priority rights on the purchase of tickets for the National Football League’s Phoenix Cardinals.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge William Sargeant III granted a motion dismissing both ASU and its main athletic booster organization, the Sun Angel Foundation, as defendants in a lawsuit filed by a group called Sportsfans for Equal Access to Ticket Selection, or SEATS.

However, Sargeant ordered a hearing to determine the validity of a 1986 contract between ASU and the defunct Arizona Outlaws of the United States Football League granting 11,800 Outlaw season ticket-holders first priority on tickets for any future NFL franchise playing at ASU’s Sun Devil Stadium.