A U.S. Supreme Court decision on whether to accept cert on broadcasters’ case against Aereo willrnlikely be announced Jan. 13, said a blog post on the Fletcher Heald website (http://bit.ly/1eYALs4).rnThough the matter is listed on the Supreme Court website as set for conference Jan. 10, the results of suchrnconferences are typically announced on the next available court date, said Fletcher Heald appellate attorneyrnHarry Cole in an email. The next court date following the conference is Jan. 13. Broadcasters wantrnthe Supreme Court to overturn the decision of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals not to grant a preliminaryrninjunction against Aereo's streaming TV service (CD Oct 15 p15) . The cert petition was distributedrnto the justices on Dec. 24 (CD Jan 2 p9). Four justices would have to vote in favor of taking the casernfor cert to be granted, said Cole. “We don’t know for sure that all nine Justices will participate, since onernor more recusals are always possible,” said Cole in the blog post.
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