WASHINGTON, June 7 (Reuters) - Alphabet's

Google will not face a jury trial over its alleged digital

advertising dominance after the company wrote a check to the

United States to cover monetary damages, a federal judge ruled

on Friday.

The U.S. Justice Department and a coalition of states sued

the tech giant last year, claiming it was unlawfully

monopolizing digital advertising and overcharging users. The

jury trial would have been the first-ever in a civil antitrust

case lodged by the Justice Department, Google said.

Friday's ruling by U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in

Alexandria, Virginia means Google will face a non-jury trial in

the lawsuit, which seeks primarily to break up its digital

advertising business to allow for more competition.

Google confirmed that Brinkema, who had previously scheduled

a jury trial for September, had issued the ruling during a court

hearing but declined to comment further on Friday.

The company has denied wrongdoing and said it was not

admitting liability by submitting a damages payment.

A Justice Department spokesperson declined to comment.

Google said last month the government, which had initially

claimed more than $100 million in damages, could not show more

than $1 million in damages and wrote a check to cover the

amount. The final amount has not been disclosed.

Google had accused the federal government of manufacturing

its monetary damages claim in order to ensure a jury trial,

since non-monetary demands are heard by judges directly in

antitrust cases.

The Justice Department responded that it was open to

resolving the money damages part of its case, but only if Google

cut a larger check.

"Google has fought hard to keep its anticompetitive conduct

shielded from public view," the government told Brinkema last

month.