IN RE DOMESTIC AIRLINE TRAVEL ANTITRUST LITIGATION

MDL Docket No. 2656 Misc. No. 15-1404 (CKK).

221 F.Supp.3d 46 (2016)

IN RE DOMESTIC AIRLINE TRAVEL ANTITRUST LITIGATION. This Document Relates To: All Cases.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Signed October 28, 2016.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 15 U.S.C. § 1
Cause: 15 U.S.C. § 1 Antitrust Litigation
Nature of Suit: 410 Anti-Trust
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WILLIAM YOUMANS, Plaintiff, represented by Kit A. Pierson , COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC.

SHAWN JAIN, Plaintiff, represented by Gary Edward Mason , WHITFIELD BRYSON & MASON LLP.

RACHEL GOLIAN, Plaintiff, represented by Ronald J. Aranoff , BERNSTEIN LIEBHARD, LLP.

COLLEEN PANZINO, Plaintiff, represented by W. Scott Simmer , SIMMER LAW GROUP PLLC.

CHRISTOPHER DEVIVO, Plaintiff, represented by Mark I. Labaton , ISAACS FRIEDBERG & LABATON.

JACK SNIADO, Plaintiff, represented by Barbara J. Hart , LOWEY DANNENBERG COHEN& HART, pro hac vice.

JULIA L. HOLT, Plaintiff, represented by Barbara J. Hart , LOWEY DANNENBERG COHEN& HART, pro hac vice.

JAY WINTON, Plaintiff, represented by Barbara J. Hart , LOWEY DANNENBERG COHEN& HART, pro hac vice.

LILIAN M. RAJI, Plaintiff, represented by Todd S. Garber , FINKELSTEIN, BLANKINSHIP, FREI-PEARSON & GARBER, LLP.

STEVEN HERSH, Plaintiff, represented by Linda P. Nussbaum , NUSSBAUM LAW GROUP, P.C..

ELIZABETH A. CUMMING, Plaintiff, represented by Warren T. Burns , BURNS CHAREST LLP, pro hac vice.

KENNETH A. NELSON, Plaintiff, represented by Warren T. Burns , BURNS CHAREST LLP, pro hac vice.

JONATHAN SHANKLE, Plaintiff, represented by Warren T. Burns , BURNS CHAREST LLP, pro hac vice.

BRADFORD TOMLIN, Plaintiff, represented by Warren T. Burns , BURNS CHAREST LLP, pro hac vice.

WHITNEY TOMLIN, Plaintiff, represented by Warren T. Burns , BURNS CHAREST LLP, pro hac vice.

MICHAEL KROMAR, Plaintiff, represented by Patrick J. Coughlin , ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN & DOWD LLP.

SHERI ROSALIA, Plaintiff, represented by Patrick J. Coughlin , ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN & DOWD LLP.

CHRISTOPHER TURTZO, Plaintiff, represented by Patrick J. Coughlin , ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN & DOWD LLP.

JOSH STAMPS, Plaintiff, represented by Patrick J. Coughlin , ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN & DOWD LLP.

RICHARD WARCHOL, Plaintiff, represented by Patrick J. Coughlin , ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN & DOWD LLP.

KAYLA REPAN, Plaintiff, represented by Frederic S. Fox , KAPLAN FOX & KILSHEIMER, LLP.

STATE-BOSTON RETIREMENT SYSTEM, Plaintiff, represented by Jay L. Himes , Labaton Sucharow LLP.

CURTIS PALMER, Plaintiff, represented by Linda P. Nussbaum , NUSSBAUM LAW GROUP, P.C..

CHARLES CURLEY, Plaintiff, represented by Gregory E. Del Gaizo , ROBBINS UMEDA LLP.

STELLA BANGIYEVA, Plaintiff, represented by Gregory E. Del Gaizo , ROBBINS UMEDA LLP.

EILEEN SILVER, Plaintiff, represented by Jayne Arnold Goldstein , Pomerantz Grossman Hufford Dahlstrom & Gross, LLP.

AMY BESS, Plaintiff, represented by Kimberly A. Kralowec , KRALOWEC LAW GROUP & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

KATHRYN LAVIN, Plaintiff, represented by Michael David Hausfeld , HAUSFELD LLP & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

MICHELE ANDRADE, Plaintiff, represented by Allan Steyer , STEYER LOWENTHAL BOODROOKAS ALVAREZ & SMITH LLP, pro hac vice & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

MICHAEL BACKUS, Plaintiff, represented by Raymond J. Farrow , KELLER ROHRBACK LLP & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

BARBARA E. HARTLEY, Plaintiff, represented by Francis O. Scarpulla , LAW OFFICES OF FRANCIS O. SCARPULLA & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

ETHAN BRODSKY, Plaintiff, represented by Shpetim Ademi , ADEMI & O'REILLY LLP.

JEFFREY ROBB, Plaintiff, represented by Shpetim Ademi , ADEMI & O'REILLY LLP.

VALBONA ALLA, Plaintiff, represented by Shpetim Ademi , ADEMI & O'REILLY LLP.

LOIS GIORDANO, Plaintiff, represented by Benjamin F. Johns , CHIMICLES & TIKELLIS, LLP & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

YVETTE WHEELER, Plaintiff, represented by Warren T. Burns , BURNS CHAREST LLP, pro hac vice & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

PETER EVERITT, Plaintiff, represented by Warren T. Burns , BURNS CHAREST LLP, pro hac vice & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

ELSIE M. JONES, Plaintiff, represented by Kimberly A. Justice , KESSLER TOPAZ MELTZER & CHECK, LLP.

CHONG HUMMEL, Plaintiff, represented by Kimberly A. Justice , KESSLER TOPAZ MELTZER & CHECK, LLP.

JEFFREY HARDIMON, Plaintiff, represented by Marc H. Edelson , EDELSON & ASSOCIATES, LLC.

LEON COATS, Plaintiff, represented by Allan Kanner , KANNER & WHITELEY, L.L.C. & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

RON COATS, Plaintiff, represented by Allan Kanner , KANNER & WHITELEY, L.L.C. & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

SOLOMON FRIEDMAN, Plaintiff, represented by Nancy A. Kulesa , SCHATZ NOBEL IZARD, P.C. & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

LARRY MORRISON, Plaintiff, represented by Jeffrey S. Abraham , ABRAHAM FRUCHTER & TWERSKY LLP.

GABRIEL WATKINS, Plaintiff, represented by Michael Goldberg , BAKER BOTTS L.L.P..

JAMES L. STEWART, Plaintiff, represented by Azra Z. Mehdi , MEHDI FIRM, PC & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

STEPHANIE JUNG, Plaintiff, represented by Steven N. Williams , COTCHETT, PITRE, SIMON & MCCARTHY & Adam J. Zapala , COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY, LLP.

JUDAH NATHANSON, Plaintiff, represented by Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

RICHARD P. IEYOUB, SR, Plaintiff, represented by Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

JENNIFER BERDAY, Plaintiff, represented by Lynn A. Toops , COHEN & MALAD LLP, pro hac vice, Richard E. Shevitz , COHEN & MALAD LLP, pro hac vice & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

KUMAR PATEL, Plaintiff, represented by Natalie Finkelman Bennett , SHEPHERD, FINKELMAN, MILLER & SHAH, LLP.

RAJESH PATEL, Plaintiff, represented by Natalie Finkelman Bennett , SHEPHERD, FINKELMAN, MILLER & SHAH, LLP.

AARON LAY, Plaintiff, represented by Gregory F. Coleman , GREG COLEMAN LAW PC, pro hac vice.

THERESA BROWN, Plaintiff, represented by Gregory F. Coleman , GREG COLEMAN LAW PC, pro hac vice.

XAVIER BESS, Plaintiff, represented by George A. Zelcs , KOREIN TILLERY, LLC, pro hac vice.

JORDAN LEIGH, Plaintiff, represented by George A. Zelcs , KOREIN TILLERY, LLC, pro hac vice.

ALANA COSTANTINO, Plaintiff, represented by George A. Zelcs , KOREIN TILLERY, LLC, pro hac vice.

VINCENT PANFIL, Plaintiff, represented by John R. Malkinson , MALKINSON & HALPERN, P.C..

RICHARD E. KRAFT, Plaintiff, represented by John R. Malkinson , MALKINSON & HALPERN, P.C..

LARISSA D. KOSITS, Plaintiff, represented by Elizabet C. Pritzker , PRITZKER LEVINE LLP.

JONATHAN SCHUMACHER, Plaintiff, represented by W. Joseph Bruckner , LOCKRIDGE GRINDAL NAUEN P.L.L.P., pro hac vice.

ELIZABETH WALKER, Plaintiff, represented by Archie I. Grubb, II , BEASLEY, ALLEN, CROW, METHVIN, PORTIS & MILES, P.C. & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

MARTIN POMEROY, Plaintiff, represented by David Andrew Bain , LAW OFFICES OF DAVID A. BAIN, LLC.

NELSON VALDES, Plaintiff, represented by Louis I. Mussman , Ku & Mussman, PA, pro hac vice & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

BOSTON AMATEUR BASKETBALL CLUB, III, LTD., Plaintiff, represented by Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

LINDA WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, represented by Joseph M. Alioto , ALIOTO LAW FIRM & Lawrence G. Papale , LAW OFFICES OF LAWRENCE G. PAPALE.

HOWARD ROBINSON, Plaintiff, represented by Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

LAX & COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff, represented by Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

BRIAN BANK, Plaintiff, represented by Adam C. Belsky , GROSS BELSKY ALONSO LLP, pro hac vice, Terry Gross , GROSS BELSKY ALONSO LLP, pro hac vice & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

GLORIA GOLDBLATT, Plaintiff, represented by Eric B. Fastiff , LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

BREANNA JACKSON, Plaintiff, represented by Eric B. Fastiff , LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

DAVID MCENERNEY, Plaintiff, represented by John D. Radice , RADICE LAW FIRM PC & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

SETH LYONS, Plaintiff, represented by John D. Radice , RADICE LAW FIRM PC & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

CHRISTINA CLEVELAND, Plaintiff, represented by Manfred P. Muecke , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT PC & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

GARRETT KINDELSPIRE, Plaintiff, represented by Manfred P. Muecke , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT PC & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

EDWARD PARK, Plaintiff, represented by Jack W. Lee , MINAMI TAMAKI LLP & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

SARAH TRAN, Plaintiff, represented by Michael Glenn McLellan , FINKELSTEIN THOMPSON LLP & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

CHEROKII VERDUZCO, Plaintiff, represented by Guido Saveri , SAVERI & SAVERI, INC. & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

MINGLI CHEN, Plaintiff, represented by Jiangxiao Athena Hou , ZELLE LLP & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

RICHARD KING, Plaintiff, represented by Hilary K. Scherrer , HAUSFELD LLP & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

MICHAEL COFFEY, JR., Plaintiff, represented by Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

JAMES GRIMES, Plaintiff, represented by Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

CHARLES CARTE, Plaintiff, represented by Lee Albert , GLANCY PRONGAY & MURRAY LLP, pro hac vice & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

CAROLYN COLLINS, Plaintiff, represented by Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

HOWARD COLLINS, Plaintiff, represented by Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

BRIAN CONNELLY, Plaintiff, represented by Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

ANTHONY DENINNO, Plaintiff, represented by Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

CHRISTOPHER FALCONETTI, Plaintiff, represented by Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

CRAIG KELLY, Plaintiff, represented by Christopher T. Micheletti , ZELLE LLP & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

JUDAH MICHAEL, Plaintiff, represented by Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

RICHARD PRICE, Plaintiff, represented by Peter Leckman , LANGER, GROGAN & DIVER, P.C., pro hac vice.

JON KELLAM, Plaintiff, represented by Craig L. Briskin , MEHRI & SKALET, PLLC.

ANDREW NEMIT, Plaintiff, represented by Craig L. Briskin , MEHRI & SKALET, PLLC.

ISRAEL KATZ, Plaintiff, represented by Ronald J. Aranoff , BERNSTEIN LIEBHARD, LLP.

LEVIN SIMES LLP, Plaintiff, represented by Daniel T. LeBel , CONSUMER LAW PRACTICE OF DANIEL T. LEBEL.

STEVEN YENINAS, Plaintiff, represented by Jeannine M. Kenney , HAUSFELD LLP & Bonny E. Sweeney , HAUSFELD LLP.

KEITH ANDERSON, Plaintiff, represented by Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP & Michael Glenn McLellan , FINKELSTEIN THOMPSON LLP.

ROBERT DERINGER, individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by David M. Cialkowski , ZIMMERMAN REED, LLP.

JACOB DOMBROSKI, Plaintiff, represented by James M. Dombroski , LAW OFFICES OF JAMES M. DOMBROSKI.

MARISA DOMBROSKI, Plaintiff, represented by James M. Dombroski , LAW OFFICES OF JAMES M. DOMBROSKI.

KENT BUSEK, Plaintiff, represented by Daniel E. Gustafson , GUSTAFSON GLUEK PLLC & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

JOHN-GABRIEL LICHT, Plaintiff, represented by David M. Cialkowski , ZIMMERMAN REED, LLP.

AUDREY ONDRADE, Plaintiff, represented by James M. Dombroski , LAW OFFICES OF JAMES M. DOMBROSKI.

ROBERT ROLLAND, Plaintiff, represented by Richard M. Hagstrom , HELLMUTH & JOHNSON, PLLC.

TIMOTHY ST. CYR, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Richard M. Hagstrom , HELLMUTH & JOHNSON, PLLC.

STEVEN M. TRAUT WELLS, INC., doing business as TRAUT WELLS, Plaintiff, represented by Daniel E. Gustafson , GUSTAFSON GLUEK PLLC & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

JAY TILAK, Plaintiff, represented by Dianne M. Nast , NastLaw LLC.

KATHERINE ROSE WARNOCK, Plaintiff, represented by Daniel J. Mogin , MOGIN LAW FIRM, P.C..

DAVID WELLS, Plaintiff, represented by David M. Cialkowski , ZIMMERMAN REED, LLP.

EDWARD LAWRENCE, Plaintiff, represented by Joseph M. Alioto , ALIOTO LAW FIRM.

MICHAEL MARTIN, Plaintiff, represented by Joseph M. Alioto , ALIOTO LAW FIRM.

ROSEMARIE GABRIELE, Plaintiff, represented by Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

UNION LABOR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, represented by Paul L. Knight , NOSSAMAN LLP.

HOWARD SLOAN KOLLER GROUP, Plaintiff, represented by Robert N. Kaplan , KAPLAN FOX & KILSHEIMER LLP.

ULLICO INC., On behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Jay L. Himes , Labaton Sucharow LLP.

CAROLYN COLLINS, Plaintiff, represented by Allan Kanner , KANNER & WHITELEY, L.L.C. & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

HOWARD COLLINS, Plaintiff, represented by Allan Kanner , KANNER & WHITELEY, L.L.C. & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

ROSEMARIE GABRIELE, Plaintiff, represented by Allan Kanner , KANNER & WHITELEY, L.L.C. & Lesley Elizabeth Weaver , BLOCK & LEVITON LLP.

ERIC STETZLER, Plaintiff, represented by Thomas P. Pier , ALIOTO LAW FIRM, pro hac vice.

ALL PLAINTIFFS, Plaintiff, represented by Michael David Hausfeld , HAUSFELD LLP.

WILLIAM RUBINSOHN, Plaintiff, represented by Lingel H. Winters , LAW OFFICES OF LINGEL H. WINTERS.

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., Defendant, represented by Benjamin Bradshaw , O'Melveny & Myers, pro hac vice, Carolyn Hazard , DECHERT, LLP, Jeffrey Allen Nuxoll Kopczynski , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Katrina M. Robson , O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP, pro hac vice, Paul Thomas Denis , DECHERT, LLP, Richard G. Parker , O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP, Robert A. Siegel , O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP, pro hac vice & Sloane Ackerman , O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP, pro hac vice.

DELTA AIRLINES, INC, Defendant, represented by James Peter Denvir, III , BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP, John F. Cove, Jr. , BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP, Michael S. Mitchell , BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP, Abby L. Dennis , BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP & William A. Isaacson , BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP.

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO., Defendant, represented by Alden Lewis Atkins , VINSON & ELKINS LLP, Craig D. Margolis , VINSON & ELKINS LLP, Matthew J. Jacobs , Vinson & Elkins LLP, Michael L. Charlson , Vinson & Elkins LLP, Mortimer H. Hartwell , VINSON & ELKINS LLP, Vincent van Panhuys , VINSON & ELKINS LLP & William Parker Sanders , SMITH, GAMBRELL & RUSSELL, LLP.

UNITED AIRLINES, INC., Defendant, represented by Kent Alan Gardiner , CROWELL & MORING LLP & Paul Laurence Yde , FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER US LLP.

FREDERICK ISAACSON, Defendant, represented by W. Scott Simmer , SIMMER LAW GROUP PLLC.

UNITED CONTINENTAL HOLDINGS, INC., Defendant, represented by Kent Alan Gardiner , CROWELL & MORING LLP & Paul Laurence Yde , FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER US LLP.

AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP, INC., Defendant, represented by Katrina M. Robson , O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP, pro hac vice.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

Presently before the Court is Defendants' [106] Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Consolidated Amended Complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6). Defendants allege that the Consolidated Amended Complaint should be dismissed because Plaintiffs...

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