The Commonwealth Court has called for a hearing on the validity of the $60 million fine that Penn State University agreed to pay to the NCAA under a consent decree.

The necessary hearing, the court said in its majority opinion, requires that the university be joined as a party in the litigation. Penn State had not become directly engaged in the case, which was begun by elected officials against the National Collegiate Athletic Association, which governs intercollegiate sports.

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