Legal Opinion
Morales v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 1, 1992No. 90-1604PublishedCited by 1,800 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*378Justice & alia
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The issue in this case is whether the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, 49 U. S. C. App. § 1301 et seq., pre-empts the States from prohibiting allegedly deceptive airline fare advertisements through enforcement of their general consumer protection statutes.
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Prior to 1978, the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (FAA), 72 Stat. 731, as amended, 49 U. S. C. App. § 1301 et seq., gave the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) authority to regulate interstate airfares and to take administrative action against certain deceptive trade practices. It did not, however,…
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