Legal Opinion

American Airlines, Inc. v. Forman, Judge. Slick Airways, Inc. v. American Airlines, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided April 8, 1953No. 10922_1PublishedCited by 61 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HASTIE, Circuit Judge.

These two proceedings have the single purpose of obtaining a review of an order of the District Court for the District of New Jersey denying a defense motion to dismiss the complaint in a civil action for money damages.

On its face the complaint states a familiar type of claim for treble damages 1 under the anti-trust laws. The plaintiff, Slick Airways, alleges that it has been injured by a conspiracy of its competitors, the defendant air lines, to drive it out of the air freight business.

The defendants moved to dismiss the complaint because in their view the court could…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Ex Parte FaheySupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Enelow v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  3. Ettelson v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  4. City of Morgantown v. Royal InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  5. Paramount Pictures, Inc. v. Rodney, U.S. District Judge (Two Cases). Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. Rodney, U.S. District Judge (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1951

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3Cited by61 opinions

  1. Wills v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.District Court, S.D. California · 1961
  2. In Re La Providencia Development CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1969
  3. Dave Fleischer, Individually and as Trustee in Dissolution of Fleischer Studios, Incorporated v. Louis Phillips (Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin & Krim)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
  4. First Jersey Securities, Inc. v. BergenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
  5. Allied Air Freight, Inc., and Allied Air Freight International Corp. v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968

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