The Supreme Court may soon rule on whether an appeals court decision that revived a class-action lawsuit claiming that DirecTV’s NFL Sunday Ticket, which bundles all NFL games into a package available exclusively to subscribers of the company’s satellite television service, runs afoul of federal antitrust laws.
The court could decide as soon as March 6 if it will hear the appeal, cited as National Football League v. Ninth Inning Inc. The NFL, an unincorporated association of 32 member clubs, and DirecTV, were sued by plaintiffs Ninth Inning Inc., 1465 Third Avenue Restaurant Corp., Robert Gary Lippincott Jr., and Michael Holinko.
