Legal Opinion
In Re Airport Car Rental Antitrust Litigation. Budget Rent-A-Car of Washington-Oregon, Inc. v. The Hertz Corp. And National Car Rental System, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 16, 1982No. 81-4399PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHOY, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to decide whether the so-called Noerr-Pennington exemption from the antitrust laws protects concerted efforts to lobby public officials who operate state-owned airports. We, as did the district court, conclude that it does.
I. Facts
A number of relatively small car-rental companies sued The Hertz Corp., Avis Rent A Car Systems, Inc., and National Car Rental Systems, Inc., on the ground that these industry giants had engaged in a nationwide conspiracy to monopolize the lucrative on-airport car-rental market. The lawsuits were consolidated into a single…
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