Supreme Court rules for Comcast in class-action case

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Wed Mar 27, 2013 10:24am EDT

(Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in favor of Comcast Corp in an antitrust case over how much it charged cable TV subscribers.

In a 5-4 decision, the court said a group of cable TV subscribers in the Philadelphia area who accused Comcast of overcharging them as part of an effort to monopolize the market could not sue as a group.

(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Vicki Allen)


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/27/us-usa-court-comcast-classaction-idUSBRE92Q0MS20130327

[Ash_F]

1. (Sigh) another 5-4 decision for evil. /nt

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Can I guess who were the 5?

[corkhead]

3. I would guess the centrists were out voted by the RWNJ fascists 5-4

[mountain grammy]

4. ding, ding, ding, another win for corporate power

handed to them buy their "employees," the five corrupt stooges on the supreme court.

[OnyxCollie]

5. Corporations over people, my friend. nt

[AdHocSolver]

6. SCOTUS making it more difficult for individuals to get redress against giant corporations.

Few individuals have the financial means to initiate a law suit. Joining a class action lawsuit is often the only way for individuals to fight a large corporation.

The majority of the SCOTUS is again showing its far right wing, pro-corporate ideological activism.

[Dustlawyer]

13. Because giant corps run this country, they write the laws, elect the politicians and Judges,

and own all media!

[leftyohiolib]

7. here's their excuse

it "was certified improperly, and therefore could not sue as a group."
"The permutations involving four theories of liability and 2 million subscribers located in 16 counties are nearly endless," Jackass Antonin Scalia wrote for the majority.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

8. Yet another 5-4 decision in favor of our corprat overlords.

WHAT a surprise.

[olddots]

9. Their jobs for life may be the death of America

In this case there is money at stake and money to be made and bribed .

[yellowcanine]

10. Customers who bought the same product from Comcast aren't a class?

It seems that no class action lawsuits are permitted then.

[blackspade]

11. I'm so shocked!...Not!

[happyslug]

12. Here is the actual opinion

http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/11-864_k537.pdf

SCALIA, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and KENNEDY, THOMAS, and ALITO, JJ., joined.

GINSBURG and BREYER, JJ., filed a dissenting opinion, in which SOTOMAYOR and KAGAN, JJ., joined.