States petition SCOTUS on Amex

Pallavi Guniganti and Nihal Krishan

06 June 2017

Attorneys general in 11 states – but not the US Department of Justice – filed a petition for writ of certiorari last Friday, asking the Supreme Court to review their antitrust challenge against American Express restrictions on retailers.

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Pallavi Guniganti

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