Continental Airlines, Inc. v. United Air Lines, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

This federal and state antitrust and state business tort action grows out of the collective decision of defendants United Air Lines (“United”) and Dulles Airport Airline Management Council (“AMC”) to employ carry-on baggage “templates” to restrict the size of carry-on bags allowed to pass through security checkpoints at Washington Dulles International Airport (“Dulles”). Plaintiffs, Continental Airlines, Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiary, Continental Express, Inc., filed a five-count complaint against defendants (i) for violation of the Sherman Act,…