Legal Opinion
Duty Free Americas, Inc. v. Estée Lauder Companies
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided May 9, 2013No. Case No. 12-60741-CivPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS
ROBERT N. SCOLA, JR., District Judge.
This is primarily an antitrust case. Plaintiff Duty Free Americas, Inc. (DFA) operates duty-free stores in airports and one of the main products it carries is beauty products. Defendant The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (ELC) supplies many duty-free stores with its beauty products, but it no longer deals with DFA. DFA alleges that ELC attempted to monopolize the market for beauty products in duty-free stores in violation of § 2 of the Sherman Act,- 15 U.S.C. § 2; that ELC conspired with DFA’s competitors to (a) exclude DFA…
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