SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIF. — Nexstar Media Group late Wednesday submitted a reply brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The filing yielded the following statement from Nexstar: “We look forward to the oral argument before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. DIRECTV and the State AGs are peddling the fiction that this lawsuit is about protecting local media and viewers when it is actually a cynical attempt to advance their own commercial and political interests. This lawsuit is rooted in an outdated view of the media space and wastes precious taxpayer dollars to protect private equity-owned DIRECTV, while giving Big Tech and streaming platforms a free pass. Every day this overbroad injunction remains in place, it starves local broadcast stations of the investment they need while undermining the local journalism it purports to protect.”
The company spokesperson added that Nexstar won’t be commenting about the filing beyond the statement.
The brief can be read here:
2026-07-08 Nexstar Reply Brief
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