United States Eleventh Circuit
MORRIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP. v. PGA TOUR, INC., 03-10226, 03-11502
Defendant's restrictions and prohibitions regarding plaintiff's ability to sell compiled real-time golf scores to third parties does not violate section 2 of the Sherman Act. Seeking to prevent free-riding on defendant's scoring system technology is a valid business justification.
Appellate Information
- Decided 03/31/2004
- Published 03/31/2004
Judges
- DUBINA, Circuit Judge:, Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, and DUBINA and COX, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Eleventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- David Clark Borucke,Steven L. Brannock, Holland & Knight, LLP, Tampa, FL, George D. Gabel, Jr., Timothy J. Conner, Holland & Knight, LLP, Jacksonville, FL, Jerome W. Hoffman, Holland & Knight, Tallahassee, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Jonathan David Hart, Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Newspaper Ass'n of America.
- For Appellees:
- Jeffrey A. Mishkin, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, New York City, James M. Riley, Richard Stuart Vermut, Cristine M. Russell, Rogers, Towers, Bailey, Jones & Gay, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.