Blessing v. Sirius XM Radio Inc.

OPINION & ORDER

HAROLD BAER, JR., District Judge.

This proposed class action is based on the plaintiffs’ purchase of satellite digital audio radio services (“SDARS”) — commonly known as “satellite radio” — from the defendant in various locations throughout the United States. Plaintiffs claim that the 2008 merger of Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc. with XM Satellite Holdings, Inc. created a monopoly in the surviving company, Defendant Sirius XM Radio Inc. (“Defendant” or “Sirius XM”), that violates the antitrust laws codified in the Clayton Act § 7 and the Sherman Act § 2. They also allege that, as…