Forum
U.S. Supreme Court
Case Status
Decided
Docket Number
Term
Cert. Denied
Lower Court Opinion
Questions Presented
1. Whether an agreement among the members of a joint venture on how best to distribute the venture’s 11 jointly created core product may be condemned under the Sherman Act without requiring the plaintiff to establish that defendants harmed competition in a properly defined antitrust market?
2. Whether, notwithstanding this Court’s decision in Illinois Brick, antitrust damages claims may be brought by indirect purchasers who do not allege that they paid a price fixed by the alleged conspirators?
Case Updates
Cert. petition denied
November 02, 2020
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to grant certiorari in antitrust challenge to NFL telecasting joint venture
April 08, 2020
The U.S. Chamber’s amicus brief argued that the Ninth Circuit’s abbreviated rule-of-reason analysis departed from settled principles of antitrust law.
Pratik A. Shah of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center.