Legal Opinion
Robert F. Williams v. Trans World Airlines
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 10, 1975No. 20-718PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT P. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from the district court’s decision 1 that defendant-appellee Trains World Airlines, Inc. (TWA) was well within its rights in refusing transportation by air to plaintiff-appellant Robert F. Williams (Williams) under 49 U.S.C. § 1511 2 and that TWA’s refusal to carry Williams on a September 6, 1969 flight from London, England, to Detroit, Michigan for which he held a valid ticket, was not, under the circumstances of this case, arbitrary, or unreasonable, as Williams claims; nor did it subject him “to any unjust discrimination or any undue or…
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