Legal Opinion
Edna Christensen v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 26, 1980No. 78-3217PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant Christensen seeks damages allegedly arising from being denied seats (“bumped”) on her reserved flight from Spokane to Seattle, and for mental distress arising from a short verbal altercation with a Northwest Airlines agent. The District Court, in a published summary judgment order, dismissed her action for failure to meet the $10,000 amount-in-controversy jurisdictional requirements of 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331(a), 1332(a). See Christensen v. Northwest Airlines, Inc., 455 F.Supp. 492 (D.Haw.1978). We affirm.
A full statement of the facts, appellant’s allegations, and applicable law are set…
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