Legal Opinion
Spanner v. United Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 1, 1999No. 98-15772PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Robert A. Spanner sued United Airlines, Inc. (“United”) for $7418.90, the full value of a lost piece of luggage and its contents. United argued that its liability was limited to $9.07 per pound of luggage lost pursuant to the Warsaw Convention, an international treaty.1 The district court agreed with United. We reverse.
Facts and Proceedings Below
On April 24, 1997, appellant Spanner and his wife returned to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) after a two-week trip to New Zealand. Spanner had traveled on Air New Zealand between Auckland and Los Angeles. Spanner’s…
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Cruz, Maria v. v. Amer Airln IncCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1999
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- Perri v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 2000