Big Bear Cartage, Inc. v. Air Cargo, Inc.

MEMORANDUM DECISION

MARSHALL, District Judge.

In this private antitrust action, the plaintiff Big Bear Cartage, Inc., charges that the defendants have combined and conspired to restrain interstate trade and commerce in the pickup and delivery of air freight to airline terminals in violation of 15 U.S.C. § 1 (1970). Jurisdiction exists under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1337. The defendants have answered and moved for summary judgment, alleging that because the Civil Aeronautics Board (Board) authorized and approved their activities, they are statutorily exempt from the operation of the antitrust laws.…