District Court, N.D. California April 16, 1981, MDL 338 (In Re Airport Car Rental Antitrust Litigation)

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

WILLIAM W SCHWARZER, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

With the advent of the modern jet liner, air transportation has become a form of mass transit. In 1979, some 317 million passengers were carried by commercial airlines in the United States.