US AIRWAYS GROUP, INC. v. BRITISH AIRWAYS PLC

No. 96 Civ. 5724(MGC).

989 F.Supp. 482 (1997)

US AIRWAYS GROUP, INC. and U.S. Airways, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. BRITISH AIRWAYS PLC, Britair Acquisition Corp. Inc., AMR Corporation and American Airlines, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

December 29, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City by Shepard Goldfein, Jay B. Kasner, James A. Keyte, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC by Charles F. Rule, for Plaintiffs.

Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City by John L. Warden, John W. Dickey, Daryl A. Libow, Timothy E. Sheil, Keith S. Rabois, Ronan P. Doherty, for Defendants British Airways PLC and Britair Acquisition Corp., Inc.

Weil Gotshal & Manges L.L.P., New York City by Helene D. Jaffe, Richard A. Rothman, Marc Brotman, for Defendants AMR Corp. and American Airlines, Inc.


OPINION

CEDARBAUM, District Judge.

This is an action brought by USAirways Group, Inc. and USAirways, Inc. (collectively "USAir") against British Airways Plc and Britair Acquisition Corp. Inc. (collectively "BA"), and AMR Corporation and American Airlines, Inc. (collectively "AA"). The dispute arises out of an alliance between USAir and BA that began in 1992 and BA's subsequent decision in 1995 to pursue an alliance with AA instead. USAir sues BA for...

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