Tarrant County Court Denies Injunction in American-Sabre Courtroom Fight

A Fort Worth state judge this week denied a temporary injunction sought by American Airlines that would have enjoined ticket distribution vendor Sabre Holdings Corp. from utilizing its New Airline Storefront display product and paying travel agentsincentives to book higher-priced Delta Airlines tickets over American tickets.

The order, entered Wednesday by Tarrant County District Judge Tom Lowe, followed a five-day temporary injunction trial last week that was the product of expedited fact and expert discovery. Lawyers from Skadden and Patton Boggs represented Sabre and lawyers from Kelly Hart, Yetter Coleman and O’Melveny & Myers represented American.