Legal Opinion
United States v. American Airlines, Inc. And Robert L. Crandall
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 15, 1984No. 83-1831PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:
The question presented in this antitrust case is whether the government’s complaint states a claim of attempted monopolization under section 2 of the Sherman Act against the defendants, American Airlines, and its president Robert L. Crandall, for Crandall’s proposal to the president of Braniff Airlines that the two airlines control the market and set prices. The district court dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) on the grounds that the failure to allege an agreement to monopolize was a fatal defect…
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