Legal Opinion
Viamedia, Inc. v. Comcast Corp.
District Court, E.D. Illinois
Decided August 16, 2018No. Case No. 1:16-cv-05486PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMY J. ST. EVE, United States Circuit Court Judge*
This antitrust suit was born when a monopolist in one market decided not to do business with a competitor from a related market. The monopolist, Comcast Corporation, denied its competitor, Viamedia, Inc., access (or access on terms Viamedia considered reasonable) to much-needed sales platforms called interconnects. Hurting as it lost revenue and customers turned to Comcast, Viamedia sued under Section 2 of the Sherman Act and various state antitrust laws. See Compl., R. 1; Am. Compl., R. 40.
At the motion-to-dismiss stage, the Court ruled that…
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