Day v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that case involving events after plaintiffs had passed through passport control and were assembled at the departure gate was governed by Article 17
• concluding that injuries sustained from a terrorist attack, which occurred while passengers were standing in line at their departure gate, occurred in the course of embarking
• holding that plaintiffs were in the course of embarking where they “had already surrendered their tickets, passed through passport control, and entered the area reserved exclusively for those about to depart on international flights”
• finding that passengers directed by the airline to stand in line for a final security check prior to boarding were under airline's control
• indicating that when passengers were injured while in line at the gate of departure, boarding was imminent
• stating that passengers were not “free agents roaming at will through the . terminal”

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Cited by

71 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• McCarthy v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1995-05-31· cited 566×
• Air France v. Saks
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-04· cited 438×
• Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Franklin Mint Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-04· cited 191×
• Kruger v. Virgin Atlantic Airways, Ltd.
  E.D. New York· 2013-09-30· cited 189×
• Christine K. Schroeder v. Lufthansa German Airlines
  Seventh Circuit· 1989-05-23· cited 161×
• Reed v. Wiser
  Second Circuit· 1977-04-26· cited 71×
• Simone Maugnie v. Compagnie Nationale Air France
  Ninth Circuit· 1977-01-19· cited 64×
• Krys v. Lufthansa German Airlines
  Eleventh Circuit· 1997-08-25· cited 59×
• Eid v. Alaska Airlines, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-07-30· cited 43×
• Floyd v. Eastern Airlines, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1989-05-05· cited 43×
• Julio Jose Martinez Hernandez v. Air France
  First Circuit· 1976-11-19· cited 39×
• Buonocore v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1990-03-27· cited 36×
• Natural Resources Defense Council v. Environmental Protection Agency
  D.C. Circuit· 2006-08-29· cited 35×
• Jackie Pflug and Scott Pflug v. Egyptair Corporation, a New York Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1992-04-01· cited 34×
• North W. Life Assur. Co. of Can. v. Commissioner
  U.S. Tax Court· 1996-12-12· cited 31×
• Richard C. Marotte, Sr. v. American Airlines, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2002-07-12· cited 29×
• Brandi Wallace v. Korean Air
  Second Circuit· 2000-06-06· cited 28×
• Ugaz v. American Airlines, Inc.
  S.D. Florida· 2008-09-04· cited 26×
• United States v. Craig Decker, United States of America v. Raymond W. Marriott
  Ninth Circuit· 1979-07-09· cited 25×
• Chubb & Son, Inc., as Subrogee of Samsung Semiconductor v. Asiana Airlines
  Second Circuit· 2000-06-08· cited 24×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Factor v. Laubenheimer
  Supreme Court· 1933-12-04· cited 257×
• Cook v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1933-01-23· cited 181×
• Maximov v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1963-04-29· cited 131×
• Union Oil Company v. James J. Oppen and John J. Masterson
  Ninth Circuit· 1974-06-07· cited 116×
• Bates Block v. Compagnie Nationale Air France
  Fifth Circuit· 1967-11-08· cited 83×
• Pigeon River Improvement, Slide & Boom Co. v. Charles W. Cox, Ltd.
  Supreme Court· 1934-01-15· cited 77×
• Husserl v. Swiss Air Transport Company, Ltd.
  S.D. New York· 1972-11-03· cited 62×
• Catherine E. MacDonald v. Air Canada
  First Circuit· 1971-03-25· cited 43×
• Andre Maximov, as Trustee for the Benefit of H. Robbin Fedden U/a Dated 10/24/47 v. United States
  Second Circuit· 1962-02-14· cited 32×
• Day v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1975-03-31· cited 26×
• Husserl v. Swiss Air Transport Co.
  Second Circuit· 1973-10-31· cited 11×
• Greta Husserl v. Swiss Air Transport Company, Ltd. Also Known as Swissair
  Second Circuit· 1973-10-31· cited 7×

Other cases named Day v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Day v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1975-03-31· cited 26×