DC FDC Judge Richard Leon has granted summary judgment in favor of United Airlines in a case alleging that the airline monopolized the market in non-stop flights from San Francisco to the Washington Dulles area. In a putative class action, the plaintiff alleged that United’s rules prohibiting resale of tickets restrained competition from the secondary market. The court held that without evidence that additional capacity was excluded from the market as a result of United’s conduct, the case could not go forward.
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