In Re Northwest Airlines Corp. Antitrust Lit.

OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFFS’ EXPERT TESTIMONY

ROSEN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

The Defendant Airlines (Northwest, U.S. Airways, and Delta, along with related entities) brought the present motion on November 15, 2000, requesting that this Court strike and exclude the proposed testimony of Plaintiffs’ economic experts, Dr. John Beyer and Dr. Gary French, as failing to meet the admissibility standards set forth by the Supreme Court in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 113 S.Ct. 2786, 125 L.Ed.2d 469 (1993), and Kumho Tire Co.…