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IN RE: DOMESTIC AIRLINE TRAVEL ANTITRUST LITIGATION

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:15-mc-01404

Court:

District Of Columbia

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Colleen Kollar-Kotelly

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  1. June 15, 2018

    American To Pay $45M To Exit Airline Antitrust MDL

    American Airlines Inc. has agreed to pay $45 million to exit multidistrict litigation accusing the country's largest commercial airlines of violating the Sherman Act by colluding to limit the number of seats available on domestic flights and jacking up ticket prices, according to a request for preliminary approval of the settlement filed in D.C. federal court Friday.

  2. February 12, 2018

    Airline Antitrust MDL Discovery Deadline Pushed To 2019

    A D.C. federal judge on Monday agreed to push back the discovery deadline in multidistrict antitrust litigation against Delta, United and American Airlines to early 2019, but warned that the court will not be inclined to grant further requests for delay in the yearslong suit.

  3. January 02, 2018

    Southwest Inks $15M Deal To Exit Airline Price-Fixing MDL

    Southwest Airlines has reached a $15 million settlement in a multidistrict litigation in which Southwest and three other major U.S. airlines are accused of conspiring to limit domestic flight capacity and inflate fares, a group of travelers who sued the airlines told a D.C. federal judge on Friday.

  4. February 09, 2017

    Ex-DC Judge Named Special Master In Airline Price-Fix MDL

    The D.C. federal court Thursday appointed a retired judge as special master to oversee discovery in multidistrict litigation alleging American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Delta and United colluded to limit domestic flight capacity and hike prices.

  5. January 26, 2017

    Airlines Seek To Pare Down Discovery In Price-Fixing MDL

    American Airlines Inc., Southwest Airlines Co. and others pressed a D.C. federal judge Thursday to limit discovery in a putative class action over alleged price-fixing to documents related to class certification, saying the travelers should have to wait before requesting internal airline records to support their claims.

  6. January 02, 2017

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  7. October 28, 2016

    Airlines Lose Bid To Kill Price-Fixing MDL In DC

    A D.C. federal judge refused to nix multidistrict litigation accusing airlines of scheming to fix prices, finding Friday that the travelers bringing suit had sufficiently alleged the times, places and people involved in the conspiracy to keep their claims alive.

  8. July 21, 2016

    Airlines Persist In Bid To Dismantle Price-Fixing MDL

    Airlines named in multidistrict litigation alleging a price-fixing conspiracy have pushed back against air travelers' reply to their dismissal bid, saying Thursday the travelers' claims are "devoid of basic facts" about a purported scheme to reduce flight capacity in order to raise prices.

  9. June 28, 2016

    Customers Blast Airlines' Bid To Duck Price-Fixing MDL

    Air travelers and ticket purchasers told a D.C. federal judge Monday they've backed up their claims in multidistrict litigation that American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Delta and United colluded to limit domestic flight capacity and hike prices, insisting they have enough to support a plausible price-fixing conspiracy.

  10. May 12, 2016

    Airlines Call Price-Fixing MDL A 'Toss It All In' Gripe

    A group of airlines urged a D.C. federal judge Wednesday to throw out a price-fixing multidistrict litigation against them, saying the air travelers who brought the suits hadn't come close to proving or even alleging a conspiracy to fix prices.