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· 4/13/2004

Witty v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Citations

  • 366 F.3d 380
  • 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 7103
  • 2004 WL 771357

How courts have described this case

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

  • “We hold that federal regulatory requirements for passenger safety warnings and instructions are exclusive and preempt all state standards and requirements.”
  • “[E]ach [preemption] case turns on the peculiarities and special features of the federal regulatory scheme in question.”
  • “[A]ny warn- ing that passengers should not stay in their seats, but should instead move about to prevent DVT, would necessarily con- flict with any federal determination that, all things considered, passengers are safer in their seats.”
  • allowing interlocutory review of preemption issue

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Reavley, Davis, Demoss

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