Supreme Court To Meet Jan. 8 on Whether To Hear Appeal in Set-Top Box Case

The 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision overturning a jury verdict against Cox Communications for its set-top box policies has gone to the Supreme Court for a decision whether to hear the appeal. The Supreme Court said it distributed briefs Tuesday in the Cox case for the Jan. 8 conference. U.S. District Judge Robin Cauthron of Oklahoma City in November overruled a $6.31 million jury verdict against Cox and said the class-action complainants failed to offer evidence to show that tying a Cox Premium Cable subscription to renting of a Cox set-top box meant sizable losses of sales by third-party set-top box distributors (see 1511130005).