United States v. American Airlines, Inc.
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
743 F.2d 1114 (1984)
Relevant factsFree
American and Braniff together controlled 76% of all flights and over 90% of nonstop flights from their shared Dallas-Fort Worth hub, and American's president Crandall proposed to Braniff's president Putnam that both airlines raise prices 20%, a proposal Putnam rejected and instead recorded and reported to the government, which sued American under Sherman Act § 2 for attempted joint monopolization.
IssueFree
Whether an agreement is an absolute prerequisite for the crime of attempted joint monopolization.