Legal Opinion
Spectators' Communication Network Inc. v. Colonial Country Club
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 4, 2001No. 98-11453PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge:
Spectators’ Communication Network and its owner, Frank Mitchell, 1 appeal from the summary judgment entered in favor of Anheuser-Busch, Inc., the only remaining defendant in their antitrust suit alleging that Spectators’ was excluded from broadcasting professional golf tournaments. Spectators’ contends that the PGA and the other defendants organized a group boycott of Spectators’ in order to put it out of business. We conclude that Spectators’ made an adequate showing of an antitrust conspiracy that makes economic sense. Although Spectators’ has not shown a…
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