Legal Opinion
Leonard v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided February 8, 2000No. C0-99-948PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LANSING, Judge.
The district court dismissed an airline ticket purchaser’s breach-of-contract and unjust-enrichment claims as preempted by the Airline Deregulation Act (ADA) and awarded the airline attorneys’ fees under Minnesota Rule of Civil Procedure 11. We agree that the ADA preempts the claims. But the ticket purchaser’s argument that the claims are outside the scope of the ADA’s preemption clause has a legal basis, and we therefore reverse the attorneys’ fees award and decline to impose attorneys’ fees on appeal.
FACTS
Beth Leonard purchased a nonrefundable ticket from Northwest…
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