Legal Opinion
Charas v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 30, 1998No. Nos. 96-15490, 96-15543, 96-15791, 97-55115 and 97-15158PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge:
These consolidated eases cause us to consider once again the circumstances under which the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, 49 U.S.C. app. § 1305(a)(1) (“ADA”), preempts certain state law claims. Although we have addressed the scope of this statutory preemption before, we have taken these cases en banc sua sponte to rethink our previous decisions.1 We now hold that in enacting the ADA, Congress intended to preempt only state laws and lawsuits that would adversely affect the economic deregulation of the airlines and the forces of competition within the airline…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Medtronic, Inc. v. LohrSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Morales v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1992
- New York State Conference of Blue Cross & Blue Shield Plans v. Travelers InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Kelly v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement v. Dillingham Construction, N. A.Supreme Court of the United States · 1997
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3Cited by134 opinions
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