Legal Opinion
Jack Laveson and Dr. Karl Silver, on Their Own Behalf and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Trans World Airlines
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 26, 1972No. 71-2156PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
The doctrine of primary jurisdiction was formulated in the last several decades as a judicial response to the creation of wide-ranging federal administrative agencies. It may be viewed as an effort to resolve procedural and substantive conflicts inevitably created when there is hewed out for an agency an area of original jurisdiction impinging on the jurisdiction of the courts.
It is in this regard that our judgment is sought here to determine the applicability of the primary jurisdiction doctrine to an antitrust action charging defendant airlines with…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Abilene Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Far East Conference v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Keogh v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- United States Navigation Co. v. Cunard Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Pan American World Airways, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Foremost International Tours, Inc. v. Qantas Airways Limited, Doe One Through Doe Ten, InclusiveCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- Hoffman v. Northern States Power Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2009
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