Legal Opinion
Travel Agent Comm'n Antitrust Litigation v. Alaska Air Group, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 2, 2009No. 07-4464PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff travel agencies appeal the district court’s dismissal of their Amended Complaint for failure to state a claim under § 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act. Plaintiffs allege that defendants conspired to reduce, cap, and eventually eliminate the payment of base commissions in a concerted effort to drive plaintiffs out of business in violation of 15 U.S.C. § 1. We affirm. In doing so, we hold that plaintiffs’ claims against United Airlines were discharged in bankruptcy and that plaintiffs’ claims against the remaining defendants failed to allege sufficient…
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