Legal Opinion
Brown v. United Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 9, 2013No. 12-1543, 12-2056PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
These appeals pose a question of first impression: Can the plaintiffs, skycaps affiliated with two major airlines, maintain common-law actions for unjust enrichment and tortious interference based on the airlines’ imposition and retention of baggage-handling fees for curbside service? Concluding, as we do, that the plaintiffs’ actions intrude into a no-fly zone demarcated by the preemption provision of the Airline Deregulation Act (ADA), 49 U.S.C. § 41713(b)(1), we affirm the district court’s orders of dismissal.
I. BACKGROUND
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