ADAMS v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, INC.

Civ. A. Nos. 86-0304, 86-0629.

640 F.Supp. 683 (1986)

David Weaver ADAMS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, INC., et al., Defendants. John Eric CLIFTON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

June 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred D. Turnage, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Washington, D.C., for Pan American World Airways, Inc.

George T. Manning, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, D.C., for Trans World Airlines, Inc.

John W. Dickey, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City, for British Airways, Inc.

Gary D. Wilson, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., for Lufthansa German Airlines.

Laurence A. Short, Short, Klein & Karas, P.C., Washington, D.C., for Lufthansa German Airlines and Swissair, Swiss Air Transport Co. Limited.

Douglas Rosenthal, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Washington, D.C., for British Caledonian Airways.

Leonard N. Bebchick, Leonard N. Bebchick, P.C., Washington, D.C., for British Caledonian Airways.

Robert B. von Mehren, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, for KLM, Royal Dutch Airlines.

James J. Murphy, Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts, Washington, D.C., for McDonnell Douglas Corp. and McDonnell Douglas Finance Corp.

Sutton Keany, Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, New York City, for Scandinavian Airlines System.

Dirk Loermakers, De Bandt, Van Hecke, Lagae & Van Bael, New York City, for Sabena, Belgian World Airlines.

Robert M. Beckman, David M. Kirstein, Beckman & Kirstein, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.


MEMORANDUM

HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge.

The instant action is the fourth antitrust suit growing out of the collapse of Laker Airways.1 The first, and principal action (Laker I) was brought in this Court by Laker against Pan American Airways, TWA, British Airways, British Caledonian Airways, Swissair, Lufthansa German, McDonnell Douglas, Belgian World Airways, Royal Dutch Airways, Union de Transports Aeriens and Scandinavian...

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