VISA v. OSBORN, 137 S.Ct. 289 (2016)
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Number: insco20161117j52
Visitors: 16
Filed: Nov. 17, 2016
Latest Update: Nov. 17, 2016
Summary: These cases were granted to resolve "[w]hether allegations that members of a business association agreed to adhere to the association's rules and possess governance rights in the association, without more, are sufficient to plead the element of conspiracy in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act...." Pet. for Cert. in No. 15-961, p. i, and No. 15-962, p. i. After "[h]aving persuaded us to grant certiorari" on this issue, however, petitioners "chose to rely on a different argument" in their m
Summary: These cases were granted to resolve "[w]hether allegations that members of a business association agreed to adhere to the association's rules and possess governance rights in the association, without more, are sufficient to plead the element of conspiracy in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act...." Pet. for Cert. in No. 15-961, p. i, and No. 15-962, p. i. After "[h]aving persuaded us to grant certiorari" on this issue, however, petitioners "chose to rely on a different argument" in their me..
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These cases were granted to resolve "[w]hether allegations that members of a business association agreed to adhere to the association's rules and possess governance rights in the association, without more, are sufficient to plead the element of conspiracy in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act...." Pet. for Cert. in No. 15-961, p. i, and No. 15-962, p. i. After "[h]aving persuaded us to grant certiorari" on this issue, however, petitioners "chose to rely on a different argument" in their merits briefing. City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan, 575 U.S. ___, ___, 135 S.Ct. 1765, 1772, 191 L.Ed.2d 856 (2015). The Court, therefore, orders that the writs in these cases be dismissed as improvidently granted.
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