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US: Uber goes forward Cab Commission antitrust suit

By  |  October 10, 2016

A Missouri federal judge refused to dismiss a suit brought by an Uber Technologies Inc. unit accusing the St. Louis Metropolitan Taxicab Commission of conspiring with its commissioners to institute onerous regulations that unlawfully stifle competition, saying the quasi-government agency isn’t immune to antitrust claims.

In denying the MTC’s motion to dismiss, US District Judge Henry Edward Autrey shot down its argument that as a substate governmental entity it should be entitled to immunity from antitrust claims.

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