Legal Opinion
Brantley v. NBC Universal, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 30, 2012No. 09-56785PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
IKUTA, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs, a putative class of retail cable and satellite television subscribers, appeal the dismissal of the third version of their complaint against television programmers (Programmers) 1 and distributors (Distributors). 2 The complaint alleged that Programmers’ practice of selling multi-channel cable packages violates Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1. In essence, plaintiffs seek to compel programmers and distributors of television programming to sell each cable channel separately, thereby permitting plaintiffs to purchase only those channels that…
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