Google Wins Limits to Antitrust Trial Claims on Search Deals (2)

Alphabet Inc.’s Google will face a scaled-down antitrust suit over its search business after a federal judge threw out some allegations by state attorneys general.

In a ruling unsealed Friday, US District Judge Amit Mehta said the state attorneys general couldn’t show that Google’s search results harmed rivals like Yelp Inc. and Expedia Group Inc.

Mehta left in place allegations by the Justice Department that Google’s contracts with Apple Inc., Mozilla Corp. and smartphone makers to preload its search engine harmed competition.

The states’ allegation on vertical search “relies not on evidence but almost entirely on the opinion ...