July 25, 2014
A proposed class of air travelers and travel agents last week asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its antitrust challenge seeking to force Southwest Airlines Co. to divest recently acquired AirTran Holdings Inc. after the Ninth Circuit refused to rehear the case.
March 31, 2014
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday declined to rehear a consumer antitrust challenge to the $1.4 billion merger of Southwest Airlines Co. and AirTran Holdings Inc., affirming the suit's dismissal after a previous ruling found the consumers had no evidence to show they were harmed by the deal.
March 05, 2014
Air travelers urged the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to rehear their challenge to the $1.4 billion merger of Southwest Airlines Co. and AirTran Holdings Inc., saying a three-judge panel wrongly concluded they hadn't suffered any antitrust injuries even though the reduction of competition in the airline industry was injury enough.
February 04, 2014
The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday refused to revive a putative class action challenging Southwest Airlines Co.'s $1.4 billion merger with AirTran Holdings Inc., ruling that the consumers had no evidence to show they were harmed by the deal.