Robert Roman v. Cessna Aircraft Company and the Boeing Company

SEYMOUR, Chief Judge.

Robert Roman brought this antitrust action under 15 U.S.C. §§ 1, 15 and state law, alleging that Cessna Aircraft Company and The Boeing Company conspired to restrain trade by agreeing not to hire each other’s engineers. The district court granted defendants’ motion under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim, ruling that Mr. Roman lacked antitrust standing. Mr. Roman appeals and we reverse.

I

The complaint in this case alleges the following facts. Mr. Roman was “employed at Boeing as an airplane engineer via a contract with Butler Service Corporation.”…