LAKER AIRWAYS LTD. v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS

Civ. A. Nos. 82-3362, 83-0416 and 83-2791.

604 F.Supp. 280 (1984)

LAKER AIRWAYS LIMITED, Plaintiff, v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, INC., et al., Defendants. LAKER AIRWAYS LIMITED, Plaintiff, v. SABENA, BELGIAN WORLD AIRWAYS, et al., Defendants. LAKER AIRWAYS LIMITED, Plaintiff, v. UNION DE TRANSPORT AERIENS, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

December 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Beckman, David M. Kirstein, Beckman & Kirstein, and William H. Barrett, Carl W. Schwarz, Metzger, Shadyac & Schwarz, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs Laker Airways Limited.

Douglas E. Rosenthal, Willard K. Tom, John R. Munich, Stephen Yale-Loehr, Karen L. Grimm, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, and Leonard N. Bebchick, Washington, D.C., for British Caledonian Airways Limited.

Sidney S. Rosdeitcher, Todd D. Stern, Peter Buscemi, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Washington, D.C., and William C. Clarke, Barrett, Smith, Schapiro, Simon & Armstrong, New York City, for British Airways Board.


OPINION

HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge.

This is an antitrust action brought by Laker Airways (Laker) against a number of American and foreign airlines. Presently before the Court is Laker's motion for an injunction to restrain British Airways Board Ltd. (British Airways) and British Caledonian Airways (British Caledonian) from petitioning the British Parliament or the British executive authorities to enact legislation which would prohibit Laker, under...

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