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Mark Jones, a political science professor at Rice University in Houston, said Abbott will get credit in smaller cities such as Beaumont for helping secure a promise of continued air service. And any resentment among merger supporters in the Dallas-Fort Worth area will probably be forgotten by November 2014, he said. "The fact that he resolved it removes it as an issue for Wendy Davis," Jones said. "She could have used it as a weapon in the (Dallas-Fort Worth) metroplex." With Texas off the case, six states remain supporting the Justice Department's lawsuit, including Arizona, the home of US Airways Group Inc., which would lose a headquarters. Horton said American has "regular discussions" with the Department of Justice, but he declined to say whether a settlement was likely. A trial is set for Nov. 25. "We stand ready to make our case in court," he said.
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