Legal Opinion

Molefe v. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided March 6, 2009No. 05 Civ. 4676 (LTS)(DFE)PublishedCited by 366 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MemoRANdum Order AND Opinion Adopting Report and Recommendation

LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN, District Judge.

The above-captioned action arises out of the alleged mistreatment of pro se Plaintiff Rakwena Molefe (“Plaintiff’) and his baggage by Defendants KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, a Netherlands corporation, and Northwest Airlines, a Minnesota corporation (collectively “Defendants”), during an international flight from Johannesburg to New York City via Amsterdam. The Court has subject matter jurisdiction over the controversy because it arises under a treaty of the United States, the Convention for the…

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