Opinion ID: 486483
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Text: 1 This is an appeal and cross-appeal from a judgment and award of damages and injunctive relief in an antitrust case brought under Section 1 of the Sherman Act. Plaintiff Tic-X-Press (TXP), a ticket-selling service located in Atlanta, Georgia, brought suit against the Atlanta Coliseum, Inc. (ACI), the Omni Promotions Company of Georgia (TOPCOG), the Omni Promotions Company, Limited (TOPCOL), and S.E.A.T.S., Inc. (SEATS). TXP's complaint alleged that the defendants violated the Sherman Act's prohibition against anticompetitive tying arrangements by conditioning the lease of the Omni Coliseum upon the use of SEATS, a ticket-selling agency affiliated with ACI, TOPCOL and TOPCOG. The district judge found that the defendants had violated the antitrust laws and awarded the plaintiff treble damages and injunctive relief as well as attorney's fees. ACI, TOPCOL, TOPCOG and SEATS appeal the district court's finding of antitrust liability and TXP cross-appeals both the damages award and the injunctive relief ordered by the district court. Both parties appeal the award of attorney's fees. We reject the arguments raised on all of these issues and affirm the district court.