Legal Opinion
Christensen v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided August 23, 1978No. Civ. 77-0343PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
WONG, District Judge.
Plaintiff had a confirmed reservation on Flight 603 from Spokane to Seattle with defendant Northwest Airlines for June 25, 1974. She was to connect in Seattle with Northwest Flight 87 to Honolulu, then transfer to Hawaiian Airlines Flight 502 to Hilo. Upon boarding Flight 603 in Spokane (and after having been assigned a seat thereon), she was informed that her seat was already occupied and was therefore denied flight to Seattle. Alternative travel arrangements to Hilo were made by Northwest on plaintiff’s behalf and she eventually…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Nader v. Allegheny Airlines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- H. Keith Zahn v. International Paper CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Anne Arnold and Edward E. Arnold v. Tex Troccoli, Also Known as "Tex Barton,"Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Edna Christensen v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Gary Wasserman v. Trans World Airlines, Inc., a New York CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Wasserman v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1980