Legal Opinion
Victor J. Cordero v. Cia Mexicana De Aviacion, S.A., a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 16, 1982No. 81-5400PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
Victor Cordero appeals from the district court’s entry of judgment notwithstanding the verdict in a case brought against Mexi-cana Airlines for wrongful exclusion from a Mexicana flight. The jury found for Corde-ro and awarded him $1000 for loss of baggage, $1000 in general damages, and $35,-000 in punitive damages. The district court, 512 F.Supp. 205, granted Mexicana’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict on the general and punitive damages awards. We reverse the judgment denying general damages and reinstate the jury award. We affirm the judgment denying…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Nader v. Allegheny Airlines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Ella Fitzgerald, John Lewis, Georgiana Henry and Norman Granz v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- Ralph Nader v. Allegheny Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- Barbaro Flores v. Stanley J. PierceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Wills v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.District Court, S.D. California · 1961
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- City of Phoenix v. Com/Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
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