In re Air Passenger Computer Reservation Systems Antitrust Litigation

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO COMPEL

RAFEEDIE, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs' motion to compel production of civil investigative demand (“CID”) deposition transcripts in possession of defendants came on for hearing March 17, 1986. The court heard oral argument and took the motion under submission.

Plaintiffs’ motion presents the court with what is apparently an issue of first impression: “Are transcripts of depositions taken during a U.S. Department of Justice CID discoverable in private antitrust litigation when defendants have the transcripts in their possession?”

Plaintiffs argue that the…