| US Airways
Gets Only 1 Dollar in Antitrust Suit
Against Sabre After 5 Days of
Deliberations
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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May 19 – Sabre Travel
International has been in the
news during the war in
Ukraine, as it removed
Aeroflot from its global air
ticketing system.
But
this ubiquity also got Sabre
sued for antitrust violations
in 2011, and US Airways' case
against it is coming to
trial.
On April 19, 2022 U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Lorna G. Schofield held
a final pre-trial conference,
after remand from the Second
Circuit. Inner City Press
covered it, it will the
trial.
The issues
were nitty gritty. How many
lawyers are coming to
Courtroom 110 in 40 Foley
Square with laptops? How will
be press be able to cover the
trial? (Why not a call-in
line, such as the US v. Parnas
trial had?) Even, how
much of particular swear words
in email exhibits to redact.
(Two letters at least, it
seems).
US
Airways, which merged with
American Airlines in 2013,
alleges that Sabre conspired
with Amadeus and Travelport to
monopolize distribution
services to travel agencies in
violation of the Sherman
Antitrust Act.
Voir dire began
on April 22....
Jump cut a full
month later, after five days
of deliberations, the verdict
(of ONE dollar) which Inner
City Press first live tweeted
here:
Judge Schofield
just said, "I understand there
is a verdict."
Judge Schofield:
You may be seated. Mr. Hunter,
may I have the verdict form?
Judge Schofield:
I'll read... has US Airways
proved by a preponderance of
evidence it was harmed? Yes.
Did Sabre restrain trade
[etc]? NO
Judge Schofield:
State the amount to
compensation to US Airways...
ONE DOLLAR
Judge
Schofield: Total amount of
damages? ONE DOLLAR.
[Burn]
The case is
- was? -- US Airways,
Inc., for American Airlines,
Inc. as Successor and Real
Party in Interest v. Sabre
Holdings Corporation et al.,
11-cv-2725 (Schofield)
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