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A federal judge dismissed an antitrust lawsuit filed by Newsmax against Fox News.

The judge called the complaint an "impermissible 'shotgun pleading'" and gave Newsmax a deadline to refile.

Newsmax had accused Fox News of an "exclusionary scheme" to monopolize right-wing news broadcasting.

The short-lived legal brawl between two right-wing TV outlets has come to a close – for now.

In less than 48 hours, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed an antitrust lawsuit filed by Newsmax against Fox News . In a two-page order, Cannon called the complaint "impermissible 'shotgun pleading.' "

A shotgun pleading is unclear and hard to understand for the opposing party. Cannon wrote that the most common type of pleading by a "long shot" is a complaint with multipl

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