United States First Circuit

Claims of monopolization and its attempts require a showing that a market is subject to monopoly power, and because the market alleged by plaintiffs was rejected by the jury, their Sherman Act section 2 claims were doomed, regardless of which practice was alleged to satisfy the exclusionary element of the claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/20/2002
• Published 03/20/2002

Judges

• BOUDIN, Chief Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and WOODLOCK, District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jeffrey L. Kessler with whom James W. Quinn, Bruce S. Meyer, Michael A. Rona, Allan L. Garcia, Tamir M. Young, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Paul B. Galvani, Ropes & Gray and Richard A. Berthelsen were on brief for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael A. Cardoza with whom Steven C. Krane, Lee M. Goldsmith, Brooke H. Spigler, Daniel L. Goldberg, Daniel S. Savrin and Bingham Dana LLP were on brief for appellees Major League Soccer, L.L.C., et al., John Paul Robbins with whom McLaughlin & Stern, LLP and Morgan, Brown & Joy were on brief for appellee United States Soccer Federation, Inc.