¶1These cases were granted to resolve "[w]hether allegations that members of a business association agreed to adhere to the association's rules and possess governance rights in the association, without more, are sufficient to plead the element of conspiracy in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act...." Pet. for Cert. in No. 15-961, p. i, and No. 15-962, p. i. After "[h]aving persuaded us to grant certiorari" on this issue, however, petitioners "chose to rely on a different argument" in their merits briefing. City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan , 575 U.S. ----, ----, 135 S.Ct. 1765, 1772, 191 L.Ed.2d 856 (2015). The Court, therefore, orders that *290the writs in these cases be dismissed as improvidently granted.
137 S. Ct. 289
Visa Inc. v. Osborn
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 17, 2016
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 2016-11-17
Cited by 5 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2019
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“chose to rely on a different argument in their merits briefing.”
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