Decoding Judge Leon's AT&T-Time Warner Decision

The jurist castigates the government’s main witness and isn't afraid to use exclamation points

Joe Palazzolo,

Ashby Jones and

Rebecca Davis O’Brien

Updated June 12, 2018 8:05 p.m. ET

Judge Richard J. Leon, in his 172-page opinion Tuesday, allowed AT&T Inc.’s proposed merger with Time Warner Inc., to go through, over objections by the U.S. Justice Department that the deal, if consummated, would have anticompetitive effects and violate the antitrust laws.

Below are highlights and analysis on Judge Leon’s opinion.

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