Neil Averitt commentary: Viamedia case cautions trial courts against usurping role of jury

Washington, D.C. (March 17, 2020) -- Something important happened in the Seventh Circuit’s decision in Viamedia v. Comcast, issued on Feb. 24. This turned out not to involve the long-awaited legal issues in the case — questions about cable television, advertising distribution, tying and refusals to deal. Rather, the case is notable as a whiff of administrative grapeshot, warning activist conservative district judges not to go too far in usurping the role of juries as the finders of fact....

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