(FORTUNE Small Business) – Smaller rivals have long characterized Clear Channel Communications as a bully (see "Rough on Rivals" in April's "Heavy Metal" on fsb.com). Now one little company has proved its case in court. Bolstered by e-mail from the entertainment giant and its consultants that confirmed its strategy to "kill, crush, and destroy" competitors, a federal jury in Chicago awarded small dirt-bike-racing promoter JamSports $90 million in damages. "This is a win for the little guys," says JamSports co-owner Jerry Mickelson. A celebration may be premature; Clear Channel says it will appeal. But given the case's outcome and a pair of pending antitrust inquiries, the days when Clear Channel could brush aside every smaller rival's complaints could be over. --ARLYN TOBIAS GAJILAN