Frontier Enterprises, Inc. v. Amador Stage Lines, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Defendants’ motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, for summary judgment was heard on April 6, 1984, and thereafter submitted. The court has considered all of the briefs and other written materials presented by the parties, including recently filed supplemental briefs, as well as the oral arguments made at the April 6, 1984 hearing, and now renders it decision.

In their complaint, plaintiffs allege that defendants have contracted, combined, and conspired to unreasonably restrain interstate commerce in violation of section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1 , and have monopolized, attempted to monopolize, and combined and conspired to monopolize interstate trade and commerce in violation of section 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2 . Two separate lines of commerce are allegedly involved in this case: motor carrier passenger service between the Sacramento area and Northern Nevada, and tour broker service for tours which include such transportation. Plaintiffs claim that defendants “filed repetitive, overlapping and baseless protests, administrative appeals and judicial appeals, and initiated court litigation, without regard to merit, against anyone…