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U.S. sports blackout case gets class action status

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday said lawsuits accusing Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League and broadcasters of illegally restricting viewers’ ability to watch their favorite sports teams may proceed as a class action, but that damages cannot be awarded on a classwide basis. U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin in Manhattan said viewers have suffered from “a dearth of choice in the market