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Travel Agents' Antitrust Suit Doesn't Fly: 6th Circ.

Law360, New York (October 02, 2009) -- Despite a scathing dissent finding that the other judges went too far in applying heightened pleading standards, a federal appeals court has upheld a dismissal of a suit brought by travel agents accusing major airlines including Delta Airlines Inc., United Airlines and American Airlines Inc. of fixing commission prices.

A majority on a three-judge panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued an opinion on Friday affirming the dismissal of the case by the U.S....

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