Garber v. Office of the Commissioner of Baseball — Plaintiffs' Proposed Findings of Fact (MLB Television Class Action)

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**Plaintiffs' Proposed Findings of Fact** in the Garber v. MLB television antitrust class action (S.D.N.Y., 12 Civ. 1817 (SAS)), filed January 8, 2016. The class action challenged MLB's regional broadcast territorial restrictions and out-of-market game blackout policies as horizontal restraints in violation of the Sherman Act § 1. The case proceeded through extensive discovery; the parties reached a class-wide settlement in 2016 that modified MLB's MLB.TV and Extra Innings packages (allowing limited cross-territory streaming) without admitting liability. This 28-page Plaintiffs' Proposed Findings of Fact document is the class plaintiffs' summary of the trial-record evidence in connection with pre-settlement Daubert / summary judgment motions. **One of the most important modern documents on MLB's broadcasting structure**, including detailed territorial-rights allocations, RSN ownership arrangements, and the structural relationship between MLB's antitrust exemption and the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961.