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Puerto Rico Telephone Company, Inc. v. San Juan Cable LLC
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, No. No. 16-2132 · judgment October 31, 2017
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a First Circuit decision below, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and a business petitioner, and down for a business respondent.
Question presented
Whether pursuing a series of petitions to courts and administrative bodies, filed for the purpose and with the effect of using the governmental process itself – rather than the results of that process – to harm competition, may be a basis for liability under the Sherman Act, even if no single petition in the series was objectively baseless.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Aaron M. Panner
Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C.
For respondent
Jacob Moshe Roth
Jones Day
Proceedings
- Apr 23 2018Petition DENIED.
- Apr 04 2018DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/20/2018.
- Apr 02 2018Brief amici curiae of Antitrust Scholars filed.
- Mar 29 2018Waiver of right of respondent San Juan Cable LLC to respond filed.
- Feb 28 2018Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 2, 2018)
- Jan 19 2018Application (17A761) granted by Justice Breyer extending the time to file until February 28, 2018.
- Jan 18 2018Application (17A761) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 29, 2018 to February 28, 2018, submitted to Justice Breyer.