In re Extended Stay Hotel Antitrust Litigation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS

EASTERN DIVISION

IN RE EXTENDED STAY HOTEL ANTITRUST No. 24 CV 6324

LITIGATION

Judge Georgia N. Alexakis

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

This matter is before the Court on the motion to transfer venue pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) by Defendants Integrated Decisions and Systems, Inc. (“IDeaS”), SAS Institute Inc., Hilton Domestic Operating Company Inc., Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc., and Hyatt Corporation. 1 [89], [90]. These five Defendants assert the case should be transferred to the Northern District of California, where a nearly identical case against nearly identical Defendants was first filed. Plaintiffs assert the Illinois action is materially different from the California action and should continue in Illinois. [92]. For the reasons set forth below, the Court grants Defendants’ motion to transfer venue.

1 The five moving Defendants note that Defendants “Extended Stay America, Inc., and Sonesta International Hotels Corporation—who are also defendants in this Action—are not defendants in the California Actions. Accordingly, they are not joining this motion, but do not oppose the relief sought…