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Article: Appeals Court Sides with PGA Tour over Florida Paper's Parent.
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- The Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, FL)
- Article date:
- April 1, 2004
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Byline: Adam van Brimmer
Apr. 1--ATLANTA -- The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a judgment against the parent company of The Florida Times-Union, which sued the PGA Tour over the distribution rights of scores from its golf tournaments.
The court ruled the PGA Tour, an organization that operates golf tournaments around the world, does not violate federal antitrust laws in barring the news media from reporting a golfer's scores as they happen.
"We are delighted with the court's decision and gratified that it so clearly affirms the PGA Tour's position from the beginning of this case," PGA Tour spokesman Bob Combs said.
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