Legal Opinion
Bryan Ray v. Spirit Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 2, 2016No. 15-13792PublishedCited by 191 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
In this civil RICO case, plaintiffs seek to represent a class of customers claiming that Spirit Airlines, Inc. (“Spirit”) engaged in an elaborate criminal enterprise involving the use of mail and wire fraud. The complaint specifically alleged that Spirit portrayed its Passenger Usage Fee as a government-imposed or authorized fee when, in fact, it was merely a portion of the base fare price of an airline ticket charged by the airline.
This is the second time this case has come before our court. The first time, we reversed the district court’s conclusion that the Airline…
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