Legal Opinion
Laumann v. National Hockey League
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 29, 2015No. Nos. 12-cv-1817 (SAS), 12-cv-3704 (SAS)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORRECTED OPINION AND ORDER
SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION1
These cases challenge restraints in the market for baseball and hockey broadcasting. The essence of plaintiffs’ argument is that the leágues — Major League Baseball (“MLB”) and the National Hockey League (“NHL”) — have conspired with regional sports networks (“RSNs”), who produce broadcasts for individual teams, as well as multichannel video programming distributors (“MVPDs”), who sell broadcasts to consumers, to maintain a system of “territorial exclusivity” that limits viewing options and inflates prices.
The…
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