Legal Opinion
Atlantic Mutual Insurance v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 18, 1994No. 93-2877PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Is Taiwan a province of the People’s Republic of China? The district court answered “yes” in the course of deciding not to remand a case Northwest Airlines had removed to federal court. Cargo was damaged en route from Milwaukee to Taipei. If the Warsaw Convention, 49 U.S.C.App. § 1502 note, applies, there is federal jurisdiction, otherwise not. The district court concluded that, as a part of the People’s Republic, Taiwan necessarily subscribes to the Warsaw Convention, and it denied the motion to remand. 796 F.Supp. 1188 (E.D.Wis.1992). Ten months later the parties…
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