Legal Opinion
Brantley v. NBC Universal, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 3, 2011No. 09-56785PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
IKUTA, Circuit Judge:
This case is a consumer protection class action masquerading as an antitrust suit. Plaintiffs are a putative class of retail cable and satellite television subscribers. They brought suit against television programmers (Programmers)1 and distributors (Distributors)2 alleging that Programmers’ practice of selling multichannel cable packages violates Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1. In *1081essence, these consumers seek to compel programmers and distributors of television programming to sell each cable channel separately, thereby permitting consumers to…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Free Freehand Corp. v. Adobe Systems Inc.District Court, N.D. California · 2012
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