"Airline Collusion" Private Class Actions

Last week, we discussed public reports of an investigation by the DOJ of four major airlines (American, Delta, Southwest, and United) regarding possible collusion. Over the past two months, a number of consumers have filed class action complaints against the airlines, putting forward their own theories regarding collusion.

While more than two dozen complaints have been filed to date in various District Courts across the country (including in the Northern District of California, the District for the District of Columbia, the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, the Northern and Southern Districts of Illinois, the District of Minnesota, the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and the Northern District of Texas), they appear to rely on similar facts and theories.