Legal Opinion
Sprint Nextel Corporation v. At&t, Inc.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 2, 2011No. Civil Action No. 2011-1600PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLEN SEGAL HUVELLE, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
These are antitrust cases between competing mobile wireless carriers. Before the Court are motions to dismiss lawsuits which Sprint and Cellular South brought to enjoin AT & T’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile. AT & T and T-Mobile move for dismissal pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), arguing that Sprint’s and Cellular South’s complaints fail to adequately allege that the merger would cause them “antitrust injury,” and therefore that they lack the “antitrust standing” required to seek injunctive relief under…
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