Judge dismisses StubHub's lawsuit against Warriors, Ticketmaster

The Golden State Warriors scored yet another victory this year, however this one came off the court.

A judge threw out StubHub's antitrust lawsuit against both the Warriors and Ticketmaster that alleged the two entities have created a monopoly on the ticket resale market. U.S. District Judge Maxine M. Chesney ruled that StubHub's claims were unfounded, ESPN's Darren Rovell reports.

StubHub's case ultimately hinged on its view that the primary and resale markets should be viewed as two different markets, but Chesney concluded that is not the case and that the Warriors have the right to sell their own product.

"The native monopoly every manufacturer has in the production and sale of its own product cannot be the basis for antitrust liability," Chesney wrote.

With the ruling, Ticketmaster and the Warriors can continue with their deal which sees the two sides sharing fees and warns against using any other secondary ticket market.

StubHub will have until the end of November to decide whether to file an altered complaint.

"StubHub will decide in the coming days what next steps it will take to protect competition and provide fans of the Warriors with the opportunity to use the secondary ticket exchange of their choice," company spokesman Glenn Lehrman said in a statement.