Legal Opinion
Puckett v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided February 14, 2001No. 1:00-cv-04244PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
GLASSER, District Judge.
SUMMARY
Defendants Northwest Airlines, Inc. and Express Airlines, I, Inc., d/b/a Northwest Air Link, bring this motion to dismiss plaintiff Ella Mae Puckett’s complaint in its entirety for failure to state claims upon which relief can be granted. Puckett seeks compensation for constitutional deprivations, statutory violations, and tort injuries incurred when defendants allegedly refused to board her, Alma Brown Sweeney (Puckett’s disabled sister), and Renee Shahelly (Sweeney’s attendant) onto a flight leaving Memphis, Tennessee for Montgomery,…
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