Legal Opinion
Israel Travel Advisory Service, Inc., Celia Shar, and Marilyn Ziemke v. Israel Identity Tours, Inc., Larry Ritter, and Marlene Ritter
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 14, 1995No. 94-1451, 94-1554, 94-1815 and 94-1816PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Bar mitzvah tours of Israel. That is the market defined for the antitrust claim in this case. It is an absurd market definition. For a market is defined to aid in identifying any ability to raise price by curtailing output. Ball Memorial Hospital, Inc. v. Mutual Hospital Insurance, Inc., 784 F.2d 1325, 1335-87 (7th Cir.1986). These litigants do not own or control the assets that produce output in a travel market: fleets of airplanes, chains of hotels, Israel and its history. Anyone can buy tickets, rent rooms, and conduct tours. If these firms were to vanish…
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