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CaseNo: 32, CourtName: US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Plaintiff: US, State: KS Kansas, UniqueCaseRef: LCD>32, United States, American, Remedy, Standard, Liability, Violation, Submission, Legal Standard, Evidence, Response, Motion, Route, Cost, District, Declaration, Plaskett, Monopolization, Capacity, Limine, Liability Determination, Summary Judgment, Revenues, Sof, Karl, Support, Opposition, Legend, Sherman Act, Variable Cost, Predatory, Power, Competitors, Lccs, Sound Discretion, Fashioning, Deposition, Pearlstein, Conference, District Court, Airlines, Northern District, Texas, Rothman, Testimony , ContentID: 120245961

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1   US RESPONSE TO AMERICANS SUBMISSION REGARDING REMEDY
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 113028
8 pages
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2   KARL KNUTSEN IN SUPPORT OF US OPPOSITION TO AMERICANS MOTION IN LIMINE
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 112974
2 pages
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Total Documents: 2 documents , 10 pages
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1 . US RESPONSE TO AMERICANS SUBMISSION REGARDING REMEDY

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
REMEDY
AMERICAN
STANDARD
LIABILITY
COURT
VIOLATION
SUBMISSION
LEGAL STANDARD
EVIDENCE
RESPONSE
ROUTE
COST
MONOPOLIZATION
CAPACITY
LIABILITY DETERMINATION
SUMMARY JUDGMENT
REVENUES
SOF
SHERMAN ACT
VARIABLE COST
PREDATORY
MOTION
POWER
COMPETITORS
LCCS
SOUND DISCRETION
FASHIONING
CONFERENCE
LAW
                            IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                                  FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS
_________________________________)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                      ))
                           Plaintiff,          ))         Civil Action No.: 99-1180-JTM
                   v.                          ))
AMR CORPORATION,                               )
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., and                   )
AMR EAGLE HOLDING                              )
CORPORATION,                                   ))
                           Defendants.         )
_________________________________)


                          UNITED STATES' RESPONSE TO AMERICAN'S
                                SUBMISSION REGARDING REMEDY



I.      INTRODUCTION

        As we understood it from Magistrate Judge Humphreys, the Court has already expressed a

preference to address the issue of remedy after it has made its liability determination.   The
                                                                                           1


States concurs with the Court's view and submits this brief response to Defendants' (collectively

"American") submission to the Court regarding remedy.  What appears to be at the root of

American's submission is its desire to pre-argue to the Court the merits of American's defenses



               1/19/01 Pretrial Conf. Trans., at 22:13-19 (emphasis supplied) ("I think there will
        1

further discussion with counsel with Judge Marten about it, but as we discussed it yesterday in
anticipation of the conference today, I think he feels that the liability stage of the case is
going to have to go forward.  Until there is any proof of liability, the remedy issue doesn't really
rise to a level of proof.").

UNITED STATES' RESPONSE TO AMERICAN'S
SUBMISSION REGARDING REMEDY -- 1



on the ultimate issue of liability.
SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
  • UNITED STATES' RESPONSE TO AMERICAN'S
  • preference to address the issue of remedy after it has made its liability determination.
  • "American") submission to the Court regarding remedy.
  • further discussion with counsel with Judge Marten about it, but as we discussed it yesterday
  • what constitutes relevant, admissible evidence of violation of that standard, and
  • issue of the legal standard in the summary judgment papers and will again in the trial briefs.
  • that American's conduct violates the legal standards for monopolization and attempted
  • violations of the Sherman Act is inappropriate and should be rejected.
  • Conference and only a week before the Status Conference to file its submission on remedy.
  • violation of that standard, and an appropriate remedy for the particular violation.
  • United States proposes as a liability standard, applicable to all cases involving predatory
  • As the United States has stated in its Opposition to American's Motion for Summary
  • maintain or obtain monopoly power.
  • falls squarely within the existing law relating to exclusionary or predatory conduct.
  • The United States' evidence establishes this fact in a number of ways: by demonstrating that s it designed and consistently used to guide its route and capacity decisions --took a steep added capacity on the four routes that the United States has made the focus of this case -- the
  • establish that the standard has been violated is whether revenues are below the short run
  • cost of a route as a whole, or, as the United States contends, violation of the legal
  • the fashioning of an appropriate remedy should not prove unduly difficult.
  • The fashioning of appropriate injunctive relief is within the sound discretion of the Court
  • making capacity additions to drive out competitors and maintain monopoly power,
  • the short-run variable cost of the route -- is a simple implementation of the "widely

  • 2 . KARL KNUTSEN IN SUPPORT OF US OPPOSITION TO AMERICANS MOTION IN LIMINE

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    UNITED STATES
    DISTRICT
    DECLARATION
    PLASKETT
    MOTION
    LIMINE
    KARL
    SUPPORT
    OPPOSITION
    LEGEND
    DEPOSITION
    COUNSEL
    PEARLSTEIN
    DISTRICT COURT
    AIRLINES
    NORTHERN DISTRICT
    TEXAS
    ROTHMAN
    TESTIMONY
    VOICE-MAIL MESSAGE
    INTENTION
    SEEKING
    DISCOVERY
    ANTICIPATED FILING
    PRECLUDE
    PENALTY
    PERJURY
    FOREGOING
    COLUMBIA
    
                      IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                            FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS
    
    
                                      )
    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ))
                       Plaintiff,     ))    Civil Action No.: 99-1180-JTM
               v.                     ))
    AMR CORPORATION,                  )
    AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., and )
    AMR EAGLE HOLDING                 )
    CORPORATION,                      ))
                       Defendants.    )
    ______________________________ )
    
         DECLARATION OF KARL D. KNUTSEN IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF'S
      OPPOSITION TO AMERICAN'S MOTION IN LIMINE TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN
                     EVIDENCE RELATED TO LEGEND AIRLINES, INC.
    
    
    
            I, Karl D. Knutsen, hereby declare as follows:
    
            1.       I am an attorney in the Antitrust Division ("Division") of the United States
    
    Department of Justice and am a member of the trial staff working on the United States' case
    
    against American.  I make this declaration in support of Plaintiff's Opposition to American's
    
    Motion in Limine.  I have personal knowledge of the matters set forth herein and can and will
    
    testify thereto if called upon to do so.
    
            2.       I was present at the deposition of Mr. Thomas G. Plaskett, taken on November 6-
    
    7, 2000, by American, when Mr. Plaskett's counsel instructed Mr. Plaskett not to answer
    
    questions related to documents that Magistrate Judge Sanderson of the Northern District of Texas
    
    refused to order Legend to produce to American.
    
            3.       After the deposition I telephoned Richard Rothman, counsel for American, and
    
    asked whether American intended to return to the District Court for the Northern District of
    
    Texas to seek additional documents from Legend and/or to compel the testimony of Mr. Plaskett.
    
    Mr. Rothman told me that he would have Debra Pearlstein, also counsel for American, respond to
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
  • AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., and)
  • DECLARATION OF KARL D. KNUTSEN IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF'S OPPOSITION TO AMERICAN'S MOTION IN
  • EVIDENCE RELATED TO LEGEND AIRLINES,
  • I make this declaration in support of Plaintiff's Opposition to American's
  • I was present at the deposition of Mr. Thomas G. Plaskett, taken on November 67, 2000, by
  • questions related to documents that Magistrate Judge Sanderson of the Northern District of
  • Texas to seek additional documents from Legend and/or to compel the testimony of Mr. Plaskett.
  • Mr. Rothman told me that he would have Debra Pearlstein, also counsel for American, respond to
  • I received a telephone call and a voice-mail message from Ms.
  • Pearlstein's message informed me that American had no intention of seeking
  • further discovery from Legend or Mr. Plaskett, but instead anticipated filing a motion in
  • preclude his testimony at trial.
  • I declare under the penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
  • March 15, 2000, in the District of Columbia.
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