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UNITED STATES v. AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP INC.

Civil No. 21-11558-LTS.

675 F.Supp.3d 65 (2023)

UNITED STATES of America et al., Plaintiffs, v. AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP INC. and JetBlue Airways Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

Signed May 19, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Jones, II , Bonny E. Sweeney , Brandon Storm , Craig Louis Briskin , Daniel S. Guarnera , Edward William Duffy , Eric Dunn , James H. Congdon , James Moore, III , John R. Doidge , Justin T. Heipp , Maisie A. Baldwin , Michael DeRita , Patricia C. Corcoran , Seth J. Wiener , John J. Hogan , Patricia L. Sindel , Kate M. Riggs , United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Washington, DC, Grant A. Bermann , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, John Staige Davis , DOJ-USAO, Concord, NH, Sarah P. McDonough , United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, New York, NY, for Plaintiff United States of America.

Daniel H. Leff , Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, Boston, MA, Robert Bernheim , Arizona Attorney General's Office, Tucson, AZ, for Plaintiff State of Arizona.

Daniel H. Leff , Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, Boston, MA, Jamie L. Miller , Robert B. McNary , California Department of Justice, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff State of California.

Adam Gitlin , DC Oag, Anti-Trust Division, Washington, DC, Arthur Thomas Durst , Catherine A. Jackson , Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, Daniel H. Leff , Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, Boston, MA, for Plaintiff District of Columbia.

Colin G. Fraser , Liz A. Brady , Rachel S. Brackett , Attorney General's Office/Antitrust, Tallahassee, FL, Daniel H. Leff , Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, Boston, MA, for Plaintiff State of Florida.

William T. Matlack , Daniel H. Leff , Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, Boston, MA, for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Daniel H. Leff , Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, Boston, MA, Jennifer Ann Thomson , Joseph Stephen Betsko, Sr. , Tracy Wright Wertz , Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Harrisburg, PA, for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Tyler Henry , Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, VA, Daniel H. Leff , Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, Boston, MA, for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Virginia.

Allyson M. Maltas , Pro Hac Vice, Ian R. Conner , Pro Hac Vice, Marguerite M. Sullivan , Pro Hac Vice, Seung Wan Paik , Pro Hac Vice, Tara L. Tavernia , Pro Hac Vice, Jesse Aaron Vella , Farrell J. Malone , Pro Hac Vice, Michael G. Egge , Pro Hac Vice, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC, Daniel M. Wall , Pro Hac Vice, Elizabeth C. Gettinger , Pro Hac Vice, Elise Nelson , Nitesh Lokesh Daryanani , Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, CA, Marc Robert Lewis , Olivia Bona , Lewis & Llewellyn LLP, San Francisco, CA, David C. Tolley , Latham & Watkins LLP, Boston, MA, for Defendant American Airlines Group Inc.

Glenn A. MacKinlay , McCarter & English, LLP, Boston, MA, Matthew L. Craner , Pro Hac Vice, Richard F. Schwed , Pro Hac Vice, Jessica K. Delbaum , Leila Rashida Siddiky , Martha Elena Vega-Gonzalez , Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY, Brian Hauser , Ryan Leske , Shearman & Sterling LLP, Washington, DC, Matthew Adams McGee , Shearman & Sterling LLP, Dallas, TX, for Defendant JetBlue Airways Corporation.

Michelle C. Yau , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washignton, DC, for Amicus Allied Pilots Association.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

I. INTRODUCTION

This case turns on what "competition" means. To the defendants, competition is enhanced if they join forces to unseat a powerful rival. The Sherman Act, however, has a different focus. Federal antitrust law is not concerned...

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