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US: Supreme Court backs Comcast in $875M suit

By  |  March 27, 2013

The US Supreme Court ruled this week that Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company, will not be forced to defend itself against a major, multi-million dollar class action in a 5-4 vote overturning a lower court’s previous decision. According to the Justices, the lawsuit, which accused the cable company of monopolizing the market in Philadelphia, was too “unwieldy” to proceed. The Comcast customers accused the company of colluding with competitors to exchange territories, allegedly ensuring control over the market – claims that Comcast denies. The Court’s opinion by Justice Antonin Scalia explained that the class action failed to meet requirements demonstrating the levels of monetary damages for each of the individual parties of the suit, and that the plaintiffs’ allegations were too broad.

 

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