Supreme Court refuses American Airlines’s bid to validate JetBlue alliance

US Supreme Court rejects American Airlines appeal of ruling barring JetBlue alliance

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday a request by American Airlines to overturn a judicial decision that found that the company's now-scrapped U.S. Northeast partnership with JetBlue Airways violated federal antitrust law.

US Supreme Court Rejects American Airlines Appeal of Ruling Barring ...

Supreme Court Declines to Hear American Airlines’ Appeal Over JetBlue Northeast Alliance

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear American Airlines’ appeal of a lower court ruling that struck down

Supreme Court rejects American Air appeal on dismantled JetBlue alliance - The Boston Globe

The airlines maintained that their Northeast Alliance, focused on Boston and New York, benefited consumers and allowed them to compete more effectively against United Airlines and Delta Air Lines.

U.S. Supreme Court rejects American Airlines appeal of ruling barring JetBlue alliance

Supreme Court refuses American Airlines’s bid to validate JetBlue alliance

The Supreme Court on Monday turned away American Airlines’s bid to reverse a lower court ruling invalidating the carrier’s alliance with JetBlue in the Northeast.  An appeals court invalidated the joint venture under antitrust laws, finding it illegally reduces competition.  “That holding flouts basic antitrust principles, creates two circuit splits, and threatens to wreak havoc on productive collaborations of all shapes and sizes,” wrote Greg G…