Justice Alito Will Participate in Aereo Case, Ending Concerns of a Tie
Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito, who previously had recused himself from participating in the case, will take part in it after all, according to SCOTUS Blog, which tracks the Supreme Court. Oral arguments in the case are scheduled for next week.
Alito had given no reason for recusing himself from the case, but one possible reason is that a justice or his family has stock in some of the companies involved in the dispute.
Launched in 2012, Aereo is a start-up company that transmits the signals of local TV stations to consumers via the Internet. The service comes with a cloud-based digital video recorder that holds up to 60 hours of content and costs $8 to $12 a month. Media mogul Barry Diller is a backer of Aereo.
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