{"id":3545,"date":"2014-04-28T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=3545"},"modified":"2014-04-26T12:38:27","modified_gmt":"2014-04-26T17:38:27","slug":"u-s-court-appeals-finds-tying-arrangement-violate-federal-antitrust-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/u-s-court-appeals-finds-tying-arrangement-violate-federal-antitrust-law\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Court of Appeals Finds that Tying Arrangement Did Not Violate Federal Antitrust Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ca7.uscourts.gov\/\">U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7<sup>th<\/sup> Circuit<\/a> in Chicago has agreed that a concert ticket tying parking to the music concert was not a violation of the federal antitrust laws.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">James Batson brought a ticket from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketsnow.com\/oar-tickets\/?GCID=518&amp;keyword=o.a.r.%20concert\">O.A.R. Concert<\/a> at Live Nation\u2019s box office at the 3 on July 10, 2010.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>After buying the ticket, Batson noticed on the face of the ticket that a $9 parking fee was included in the price. Every ticket sold included the fee regardless of whether the buyer needed to park a car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Batson filed suit alleging violations of federal antitrust law as well as California\u2019s unfair competition law.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livenation.com\/\">Live Nation<\/a> moved to dismiss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/u-s-court-appeals-finds-tying-arrangement-violate-federal-antitrust-law\/#more-3545\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago has agreed that a concert ticket tying parking to the music concert was not a violation of the federal antitrust laws.\u00a0 James Batson brought a ticket from O.A.R. 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