National Football League v. Ninth Inning Inc.

Petition for certiorari denied on November 2, 2020

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
19-1098	9th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2020

Issue: (1) Whether an agreement among the members of a joint venture on how best to distribute the venture"s jointly created core product may be condemned under the Sherman Act without requiring the plaintiff to establish that defendants harmed competition in a properly defined antitrust market; and (2) whether, notwithstanding the Supreme Court"s decision in Illinois Brick Co. v. Illinois, antitrust damages claims may be brought by indirect purchasers who do not allege that they paid a price fixed by the alleged conspirators.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
11/27/2019	Application (19A606) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 8, 2020 to February 7, 2020, submitted to Justice Kagan.
12/02/2019	Application (19A606) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 7, 2020.
02/07/2020	Motion (19M107) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal filed.
02/07/2020	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 8, 2020)
02/19/2020	MOTION (19M107) DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2020.
03/09/2020	Motion (19M107) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal Granted.
04/07/2020	Waiver of right of respondents Ninth Inning, Inc., et al. to respond filed.
04/08/2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2020.
04/08/2020	Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of The United States of America filed.
04/08/2020	Brief amici curiae of Antitrust Law and Business School Professors and Economists filed.
04/08/2020	Brief amici curiae of Expert Antitrust Economists filed.
04/15/2020	Response Requested. (Due May 15, 2020)
04/23/2020	Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 15, 2020 to July 14, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
04/24/2020	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 14, 2020.
07/14/2020	Brief of respondents Ninth Inning, Inc., et al. in opposition filed.
07/15/2020	Motion of petitioner to delay distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari under Rule 15.5 from July 29, 2020 to August 12, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
07/17/2020	Motion to delay distribution of the petition for a writ certiorari until August 12, 2020, granted.
08/11/2020	Reply of petitioners National Football League, et al. filed. (Distributed)
08/12/2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
10/05/2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
10/13/2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/16/2020.
10/26/2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/30/2020.
11/02/2020	Petition DENIED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. Statement of Justice Kavanaugh respecting the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)