Judge Overturns $4.7 Billion Verdict in NFL Sunday Ticket Antitrust Lawsuit

Damages awarded in June were not based on the ‘evidence and reasonable inferences’ but instead were more akin to ’guesswork or speculation,' the judge ruled.

The NFL logo is displayed on the turf at Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver, on Sept. 14, 2014. Doug Pensinger/Getty Images

A California judge has thrown out the $4.7 billion verdict against the National Football League (NFL), which resulted from a lawsuit alleging antitrust violations in its “Sunday Ticket” programming.

In June, a Los Angeles federal jury ordered over $4.7 billion in damages be awarded to residential and commercial “Sunday Ticket” subscribers, which included restaurants and bars.