SEC. Ins. Co. of Hartford v. Nat. Airlines, Inc.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, District Judge:

The petition in this ease seeks to recover for lost baggage. The petition states a claim based solely on Louisiana state law. The case was removed to federal court on the basis that 49 U.S.C. § 1373 requires airlines to post tariffs and these include limitations of liability. That the defendant’s liability is limited may well be a defense. However, the fact that the tariff is required by a federal law and that liability may thereby be limited does not convert the claim to one arising under federal law so as to make it removable. In City of New Orleans v. United…