Legal Opinion
In re Delta/Airtran Baggage Fee Antitrust Litigation
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided February 3, 2012No. Civil Action No. 1:09-md-2089-TCBPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
TIMOTHY C. BATTEN, SR., District Judge.
The case is before the Court on Plaintiffs’ motion to reopen discovery and for a new case schedule as to Defendants Delta Air Lines and AirTran Holdings, Inc., and for sanctions against Delta [294].1
I. The Gist of the Case
On December 5, 2008, Delta and Air-Tran started charging passengers $15 to *1338check their first bag. Within six months lawsuits were filed across the country asserting that the two airlines had conspired to impose the first-bag fee, which would be a violation of § 1 of the Sherman Act.2 A total of thirteen cases have been filed, and…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Pierce v. UnderwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Hospital Building Co. v. Trustees of Rex HospitalSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Malautea v. Suzuki Motor Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
- National Independent Theatre Exhibitors, Inc., James T. Patterson, Sr., Screen Advertising Film Fund, Inc. v. Buena Vista Distribution CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- R.W. International Corp. And T. H. Ward De La Cruz, Inc. v. Welch Foods, Inc. And Magna Trading Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
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