Iowa and Montana requested the Supreme Court to intervene in the fight over Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, arguing California and 11 other states should not be allowed to block a transaction with nationwide consequences.

The Republican-led states asked the justices for permission to sue California, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Washington. Those states sued Paramount in July and obtained a temporary restraining order preventing the companies from completing the merger until next year.

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