Sept. 6 (UPI) -- A federal judge on Friday dismissed Newmax's lawsuit accusing Fox News of maintaining a monopoly on conservative news broadcasting on cable television.
Newsmax on Wednesday accused the Fox Corp. and Fox News Network of violating the Sherman Act, Florida Antitrust Act and the Florida Deceptive Trade Practices Act by forcing cable services providers to feature Fox News and its less popular news outlets over Newsmax and other providers of conservative-oriented broadcast news.
U.S. District of Southern Florida Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the complaint without prejudice due to a "shotgun pleading" by Newsmax.
The most common type of shotgun pleading is one in which a complaint contains multiple counts that repeat the allegations of preceding counts, Cannon wrote.
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