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U.S. District Court Judge Philip Gutierrez has overturned a federal jury's $4.7 billion judgment in favor of plaintiffs in the NFL Sunday Ticket case, specifically questioning the jury's methods in coming up with the original damages figure.
"The Court finds that the jury's damages awards were not based on the 'evidence and reasonable inferences' but instead were more akin to 'guesswork or speculation,'" Gutierrez wrote in a 16-page ruling, per A.J. Perez of Front Office Sports.
Joe Reedy of the Associated Press explained the gist behind the lawsuit, which resulted in the original $4.