S.D. Miss. Judge Halil Ozeren dismissed a complaint by a hotel associate alleging that golf courses violated the antitrust laws by offering lower voucher prices to a golfers’ association than to the hotels. The court held that the complaint failed to adequately allege an effect on interstate commerce as required by the federal antitrust laws. The [...]
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Golf Package Monopolization Case Plaintiffs Must Show Inter-state Effects
September 10, 2009 – 9:41 am
In Mississippi Hotel & Lodging Association v. Mississippi Gulf Coast Golf Course Association et al., Southern District of Mississippi Judge Halil Suleyman Ozerden has refused to dismiss a Mississippi hotel group’s claim against a local golf association alleging that the association sought to monopolize the golf package and hotel market by deterring hotels from participating in the MHLA’s golf voucher program and by running [...]