A federal judge is set to make a decision as to whether or not the Tucson Citizen is to restart publication after printing its final edition Saturday the The Associated Press reported.

The lawsuit, filed by Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, claims that the Tucson Citizen's parent company, Gannett Co. and the publisher of the Arizona Daily Star, Lee Entreprises Inc., violated antitrust laws when they put an end to the Tucson Citizen and, consequently, their joint operating agreement.

The chief of the Atty. Gen.'s lawsuit unit, Nancy Bonnell, said the closure of the Citizen resulted in an absence of competition and the elimination of an alternate opinion within the community, according to the AP article, posted by Forbes.

Lawyers disputing the suit claim that potential buyers for the paper were not able to propose attractive enough offers, resulting in the closure of the Citizen.