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TURICENTRO, S.A. v. AMERICAN AIRLINES INC.

No. 01-3135.

303 F.3d 293 (2002)

TURICENTRO, S.A.; Centro America Travel Agencie, Ltd; Negocios Globo, S.A.; Fronteras Del Aire, S.A., on Behalf of Themselves and All Those Similarly Situated, Appellants v. AMERICAN AIRLINES INC.; Continental Airlines Inc.; Delta Airlines Inc.; International Air Transport Association; United Airlines Inc.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed September 9, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. LaRocca (Argued), Kohn, Swift & Graf, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants.

George G. Gordon (Argued), Jennifer R. Clarke, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee, American Airlines, Inc.

Ann T. Field, Cozen & O'Connor, The Atrium, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee, Continental Airlines, Inc.

Francis P. Newell, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee, Delta Airlines, Inc.

Bert W. Rein (Argued), John B. Wyss, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, DC, Bruce P. Merenstein, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee, International Air Transport Association.

Richard J. Favretto, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Washington, DC, for Appellee, United Airlines, Inc.

Before: SCIRICA and COWEN, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI, Judge, United States Court of International Trade.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.

At issue in this proposed class action is the extraterritorial scope of the Sherman Antitrust Act and its application in this case. The putative plaintiff class comprises certain foreign travel agents located outside the United States who allege major United States air carriers and their trade association illegally conspired to lower their sales commissions. The District Court held the Foreign Trade Antitrust...

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