On June 30, 2017, the Paterno family dropped "with prejudice" (meaning it cannot be refiled) its final lawsuit against the NCAA, Mark Emmert and Ed Ray of Oregon State University. The NCAA recognized this decision as a complete 'victory" for their position. The NCAA (as well as Emmert and Ray) made no payments or offered any other consideration for dropping the suit. The NCAA chief legal officer, Donald Remy stated, "The Paterno family characterized this case as a 'search for truth.' Its decision today, to abandon its lawsuit rather than subject those facts to courtroom examination is telling. We believe that the powerful record developed during discovery overwhelmingly confirmed what the NCAA has believed all along: the NCAA acted reasonably in adopting the conclusions of the eight-month investigation by Louis Freeh.” The Paterno Family decided to drop their lawsuit hours before the NCAA was to file for summary judgment.