In 2024, it appeared that the NFL had won a major victory in the class-action lawsuit over its out-of-market game package, the NFL Sunday Ticket, when Judge Phillip Gutierrez threw out a $4.7 billion judgment against the league. But the plaintiffs in the case appealed quickly, and a three-judge panel from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is now hearing arguments from both sides as to whether or not the verdict was appropriately discarded.
Key Details: Skepticism: The appeals judges seemed skeptical of the NFL’s arguments at Monday’s hearings. Heart of the issue: The lawsuit claims that the NFL engaged in unlawful inflation of the NFL Sunday Ticket. Only one step back: A former NFL attorney thinks the NFL is likely to avoid having the full verdict reinstated. 
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Lawyers for the plaintiffs and the NFL appeared before the Ninth Circuit court on Monday
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