LAKER AIRWAYS LIMITED, Plaintiff,
v.
PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, et al., Defendants.
LAKER AIRWAYS LIMITED, Plaintiff,
v.
SABENA, BELGIAN WORLD AIRLINES, et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, District of Columbia.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 9, 1983.
March 9, 1983.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert M. Beckman, Beckman & Farmer, Carl W. Schwarz, Metzger, Shadyac & Schwarz, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.
Fred D. Turnage, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Washington, D.C., for Pan American World Airways.
Leonard N. Bebchick, Douglas E. Rosenthal, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Washington, D.C., for British Caledonian Airways.
James J. Murphy, Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts, Washington, D.C., for McDonnell Douglas Corp., McDonnell Douglas Finance Corp.
George T. Manning, Chadbourne, Parke, Whiteside & Wolff, Washington, D.C., for Trans World Airlines.
Lloyd Cutler, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Laurence A. Short, Short, Klein & Karas, Washington, D.C., for Lufthansa German Airlines, Swissair, Swiss Air Transport Co. Ltd.
Sidney S. Rosdeitcher, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Washington, D.C., William C. Clarke, Barrett, Smith, Schapiro, Simon & Armstrong, New York City, for British Airways Bd.
Peter J. Nickles, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for Sabena, Belgian World Airways.
Thomas J. Whalen, Condon & Forsyth, Washington, D.C., for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
Bert Rein, P.C., Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, D.C., for International Air Transport Assn.
United States District Court, District of Columbia.
OPINION
HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge.
This is an antitrust action brought by Laker Airways against a number of American and foreign airlines. Presently before the Court is plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction. Because of the apparently unprecedented circumstances which gave rise to this application,1 it is appropriate to recite the background of the lawsuit in some detail.
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