Super Bowl Ticket Pricing Class Action Back in the Game

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A proposed class action alleging the National Football League is responsible for inflated Super Bowl ticket prices is back in action after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit revived it Dec. 15.

Ticket buyers alleged a causal chain explaining how the NFL’s withholding of tickets ultimately raised prices on the secondary market, Judge Julio M. Fuentes wrote. That’s enough to establish standing to sue, the court said.

This is the second time the Third Circuit has considered the case. In January 2016, it found the ...