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Martin Siegel, et al. v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 16-16401, 17-11733 · judgment March 9, 2018


Certiorari denied · January 7, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether there is an exception to liability under the price-fixing provision of the Sherman Antitrust Act for conspiratorial price-fixing agreements reached through invitations to collude on public investor earnings calls?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Daniel Lee Low
Kotchen & Low LLP

For respondent
Randall L. Allen
Alston & Bird LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
18A218

Proceedings

  1. Jan 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 28 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
  3. Nov 09 2018
    Waiver of right of respondents AirTran Airways, Inc.; AirTran Holdings, Inc. to respond filed.
  4. Nov 08 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Delta Air Lines, Inc. to respond filed.
  5. Nov 05 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 7, 2018)
  6. Aug 29 2018
    Application (18A218) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until November 5, 2018.
  7. Aug 27 2018
    Application (18A218) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 6, 2018 to November 5, 2018, submitted to Justice Thomas.