“We are exceedingly pleased with the court's thorough analysis and thoughtful opinion dismissing Governor Corbett's entire complaint. The court found the allegations made by the governor to be implausible and outside the reach of federal antitrust law.
“As the court concluded in its opinion: 'Plaintiff's complaint fails on all prongs: it fails to allege commercial activity subject to the Sherman Act; it fails to allege that Defendant's activity constituted a violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act; and, it fails to allege that Plaintiff suffered an antitrust injury. On thorough review, this Court can find no basis in antitrust law for concluding that the harms alleged entitle Plaintiff to relief. Accordingly, the complaint must be dismissed.'
“Our hope is that this decision not only will end this case but also serve as a beginning of the end of the divide among those who, like Penn State, want to move forward to put the horror of the Sandusky crimes behind the university and those who want to prolong the fight and with it the pain for all involved. We will continue to work with the university and Senator Mitchell in achieving Penn State's goal of full compliance with the consent decree and full implementation of the athletics integrity agreement.”
