Joseph F. Smith v. Piedmont Aviation, Inc., and Delta Air Lines, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• upholding an award of damages under § 1374(b) without discussing the existence of a private right of action
• upholding an award of damages under § 1374(b) without discussing the existence of a private right of action
• upholding damages for bumping without discussing the existence of a private right of action
• upholding damages for bumping without discussing the existence of a private right of action
• affirming plaintiff’s award of one thousand dollars “for inconvenience, inability to reach wedding rehearsal on time, missing part of the rehearsal dinner, being required to drive an automobile in mountainous territory, and the cost of automobile rent”
• Airline agent’s reference to plaintiff’s “ ‘thick head,’ a reaction obviously provoked by Smith’s repeated requests for a charter flight . . . might support an award for nominal damages”; plaintiff awarded $1,051.80 compensatory damages

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).