Judge dismisses StubHub’s lawsuit against Warriors, Ticketmaster

A federal judge dismissed StubHub’s antitrust lawsuit brought against the Golden State Warriors and Ticketmaster on Thursday, ESPN reports.

StubHub filed the lawsuit in March, claiming that the Warriors and Ticketmaster were “conspiring to create an illegal resale market” by informing season ticket holders that tickets could only be resold through Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster signed a contract with the Warriors in 2012 making it the official ticket resale platform for the team.

The judge, U.S. District Judge Maxine M. Chesney, wrote in her decision that StubHub’s claims were unsupported by evidence and legal precedent.

“The native monopoly every manufacturer has in the production and sale of its own product cannot be the basis for antitrust liability,” Chesney wrote.


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