Brantley v. NBC Universal, Inc.

Brantley, representing a consumer class, sued NBC Universal (defendant) and other TV programmers, challenging the industry practice of bundling high-demand channels together with unwanted low-demand ones into packages that cable distributors then sold to consumers, alleging this bundling exploited the programmers' market power and increased prices. The district court dismissed the complaint for failure to show the practice caused anticompetitive injury, and Brantley appealed.