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1984 newspaper clipping from Birmingham Post about Laker Airways legal action against British airlines in US courts

1984 newspaper clipping from Birmingham Post about Laker Airways legal action against British airlines in US courts

A press clipping from The Birmingham Post dated July 20, 1984, with the headline 'British air firms face Laker action in States'. The article discusses the liquidator of Laker Airways being given permission by the House of Lords to pursue a billion-dollar anti-trust action against British Airways and British Caledonian in United States courts. This represents part of the legal aftermath following Laker Airways' collapse in 1982.

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