Law360, San Francisco (May 10, 2011, 5:43 PM ET) -- Plane ticket buyers told the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday that a lower court illegally failed to stop the $3 billion United Air Lines Inc. and Continental Airlines Inc. merger even though precedent required it to enjoin the deal or require divestitures.
The plaintiffs, comprised of a group of 49 commercial airline consumers, filed the lawsuit in hopes of scoring a preliminary injunction to block the merger of Continental and UAL Corp.’s United Air, which was finalized in October 2010 after receiving the blessing of the U.S....
Consumers Press 9th Circ. To Undo $3B United Air Deal
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