Charas v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.

Decision Date23 February 1999
Docket Number96-15543,Nos. 96-15490,97-15158 and 97-55115,96-15791,s. 96-15490
Citation169 F.3d 594
Parties1999 Daily Journal D.A.R. 1703 Cherie CHARAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC., a Missouri corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Mildred Jacoby, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Trans World Airlines, Inc., Defendant-Appellee, and John Doe, 1-10; Jane Doe, 1-10; Doe Corporations, 1-10; Doe Partners, 1-10; Doe Entities, 1-10, Defendants. Bernice Gulley, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. American Airlines; AMR Corporation; American Eagle Airlines, Defendants-Appellees. Elizabeth Newman, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. American Airlines, Inc., Defendant-Appellee, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive, Defendants. Robert A. Beverage, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Continental Airlines, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.
CourtU.S. Court of Appeals — Ninth Circuit

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California; Thelton E. Henderson, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-95-00504-TEH.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii; Helen Gillmor, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-94-00963-HG/FIY.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California; D. Lowell Jensen, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-93-04044-DLJ.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California; Napoleon A. Jones, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-95-02530-NAJ.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California; D. Lowell Jensen, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-96-03253-DLJ.

Before: HUG, Chief Judge, BROWNING, FLETCHER, BRUNETTI, THOMPSON, FERNANDEZ, RYMER, T. G. NELSON, KLEINFELD, TASHIMA, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.

Prior report: 160 F.3d 1259

ORDER

Appellee American Airlines filed a "Petition for Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc" due to a factual error in the Opinion. The Opinion filed in this case on November 30, 1998 is amended at Slip op. page 13310, last three lines through page 13311, line 1 , as follows:

The last sentence on Slip op. page 13310 and carrying over to the next page should read: "Prior to obtaining the required certificate, Newman was not permitted to board and was required to stay overnight at a motel."

With this amendment, the en banc panel votes to deny the petition for rehearing and rejects the suggestion for rehearing en banc.

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    • 9 July 2013
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  • Current Decisions.
    • United States
    • Defense Counsel Journal Vol. 66 No. 3, July 1999
    • 1 July 1999
    ...Act of 1978 does not shield airlines from state tort law claims. Charas v. Trans World Airlines, 160 F.3d 1259 (1998), rehearing denied, 169 F.3d 594 (1999). In doing so, the court had to backtrack and expressly overrule two of its recent decisions--Harris v. American Airlines, 55 F.3d 1472......

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