Legal Opinion
Tam Travel, Inc. v. Delta Airlines, Inc. (In Re Travel Agent Commission Antitrust Litigation)
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 2, 2009No. 07-4464PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGriffin, J., joined by Boggs, J.,
MERRITT, J. (pp. 911-16), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
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…
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