UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                       Plaintiff,                   v. NORTHWEST AIRLINES CORP., and CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC.,                   Defendants.

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Civil Action No.: 98-74611 Judge Denise Page Hood Magistrate Judge Scheer Stamp: Filed '01 JAN 22 P4:59 U.S. DIST. COURT CLERK EAST DIST. MICH DETROIT

All parties to this action, having stipulated pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41 to dismissal of this action without prejudice, it is hereby ORDERED that:

This action be, and hereby is, dismissed without prejudice.

_______________/s/________________ United States District Judge

DATED: January 22, 2001

_______________/s/________________ James R. Wade John R. Read Department of Justice, Antitrust Division 325 Seventh Street, N.W., Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20530 (202) 616-5935 Counsel for Plaintiff United States of America

_______________/s/________________ Lawrence G. Campbell (P11553) DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC 500 Woodward Avenue, Suite 4000 Detroit, MI 48226 (313) 223-3500 Donald L. Flexner James P. Denvir BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP Suite 570 5301 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C 20015 (202) 237-2727 Counsel for Defendant Northwest Airlines Corp. _______________/s/________________ Eugene Driker BARRIS, SOTT, DENN & DRIKER, PLLC 211 West Fort Street Detroit, MI 48226-3281 (313) 965-2493 John L. Murchison, Jr. VINSON & ELKINS LLP 2300 First City Tower l00l Fannin Houston, TX 77002-6720 (713) 758-2338 Paul L. Yde Jerome A. Swindell VINSON & ELKINS LLP 1455 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C 20004-1008 (202) 639-6685 Counsel for Defendant Continental Airlines, Inc.