Legal Opinion

Chan v. Korean Air Lines, Ltd.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 18, 1989No. 87-1055PublishedCited by 262 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scalia

This case presents the question whether international air carriers lose the benefit of the limitation on damages for passenger injury or death provided by the multilateral treaty known as the Warsaw Convention if they fail to provide notice of that limitation in the 10-point type size required by a private accord among carriers, the Montreal Agreement.

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On September 1, 1983, over the Sea of Japan, a military aircraft of the Soviet Union destroyed a Korean Air Lines, Ltd. (KAL), Boeing 747 en route from Kennedy Airport in New York to Seoul, South Korea. All 269 persons on board the plane…

2Cases cited10 opinions

Air France v. SaksSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
In Re KOREAN AIR LINES DISASTER OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1983. Appeal of Plaintiffs Steering CommitteeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
The Amiable IsabellaSupreme Court of the United States · 1821
John Lisi, Etc. v. Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane, S.P.A.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
Deutsche Lufthansa Aktienge-Sellschaft v. Civil Aeronautics BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973

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