Legal Opinion
In Re Hotel Telephone Charge Antitrust Litigation
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided April 21, 1972No. 89PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
2Per curiam
The complaints in ten actions filed in ten different districts allege a nationwide conspiracy of hotels and motels to increase their room rates, in violation of federal anti-trust law and state common law. It is generally alleged that the increased rates were achieved by the addition of service charges, generally denominated as covering incoming telephone messages or internal communications. The plaintiffs, many of whom are attorneys, seek recovery for themselves and on behalf of all hotel guests similarly charged. Since the filing of the first action in the Central District…
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