| Sprint T-Mobile Merger Stay
Is Denied By SDNY Judge Marrero
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Light
Reading, Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Feb 11 – The two week trial
against the proposed T-Mobile
/ Sprint merger ended on
December 20 before U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York Judge
Victor
Marrero. There
are papers due
January 8, and
a final four
hour argument
on January 15.
Inner City
Press began
what will be a
trial-long
live-tweet, here.
Day 7 Patreon
here.
Now
on February 11
Judge Marrero
has ruled: "
The following
transaction
was entered on
2/11/2020 at
8:11 AM EST
and filed on
2/11/2020 Case
Name:
State of New
York et al v.
Deutsche
Telekom AG et
al Case
Number:
1:19-cv-05434-VM-RWL
Filer:
Document
Number:
409 Docket
Text: DECISION
AND ORDER: For
the reasons
stated above,
it is hereby
ORDERED that
the request of
plaintiffs,
the States of
New York,
California,
Connecticut,
Hawaii,
Illinois,
Maryland,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
Oregon, and
Wisconsin, the
Commonwealths
of
Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania,
and Virginia,
and the
District of
Columbia, for
an injunction
pursuant to
Section 7 of
the Clayton
Act, 15 U.S.
C. Section 18,
to restrain
the proposed
acquisition of
Sprint
Corporation by
T-Mobile US,
Inc. is
DENIED, and
the Clerk of
Court is
directed to
enter judgment
in favor of
defendants
Deutsche
Telekom AG,
T-Mobile US,
Inc., Softbank
Group Corp.,
and Sprint
Corporation.
The Clerk of
Court is
directed to
terminate any
pending
motions and to
close this
case. (Signed
by Judge
Victor Marrero
on 2/10/2020)
(rro)
Transmission
to Orders and
Judgments
Clerk for
processing."
Inner City
Press tweeted
the above, and
will have more
on the 170
page order
which was
signed on
February 10,
when Judge
Marrero
oversaw a
Bronx gang
trial, here.
Watch this
site.
On December 20
Professor
Shapiro
testified for
the second
time how the
merger would
allow
coordination
and raise
prices. Day's
thread
here.
Then a final
flurry of
exhibits
entered into
the record,
and more
agreement by
Judge Marrero
to file many
under seal.
The defense
team wanted no
briefs, but
there will be
30-page
proposed
findings of
fact and law
on January 8,
before the
closing
arguments on
January 15.
Watch this
site. More on
Patreon here.
On December 17
Charlie Ergen
of DISH
testified,
saying for
example that
"Sprint is a
laggard."
Judge Marrero
agreed to hear
the parties in
his robing
room, and then
and only then
decide whether
to release a
redacted
transcript.
Some asked,
Public
interest?
The case is State
of New York,
et al., v.
Deutsche
Telekom AG, et
al.,
19-cv-5434
(Marrero).
***
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