Legal Opinion
Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Mattox
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 3, 1990No. Nos. 89-1142, 89-1509 and 89-1610PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVELY, Circuit Judge.
The dispositive question in these consolidated appeals is whether state laws proscribing deceptive advertising are preempted by federal law when the state attempts to enforce such laws against the advertising of fares by interstate and international airlines. Three separate appeals were consolidated for oral argument. We refer to the cases by their Court of Appeals numbers.
In number 89-1142, the Defendant-Appellant is Jim Mattox, the Attorney General of Texas. The Plaintiffs-Appellees are Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA), Continental Airlines, Inc. (Continental) and…
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