Legal Opinion
American President Lines, LLC v. Matson, Inc.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 30, 2022No. Civil Action No. 2021-2040Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LLC et al., Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 21-cv-02040 (CRC) MATSON, INC. et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Two groups of companies offer container shipping services between the U.S. mainland and Guam: plaintiff American President Lines (“APL”) and defendant Matson. In this Sherman Act case, APL, the newcomer to the market, accuses Matson, the incumbent, of monopolizing, and attempting to monopolize, the mainland-to-Guam route. Matson has mainly done so, APL claims, by bullying would-be APL customers and…
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