Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

South African Airways v. Brink's Ltd.

519 U.S. 1116

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1997-02-18
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • holding that an individual's statement to the SSA that he was disabled and unable to work barred his subsequent ADA claim
  • “Venue ‘concerns only the place where the case may be tried[,]’ whereas jurisdiction ‘has to do with the authority or power of a court to try a case.’ ”
  • law of forum jurisdiction, not an international standard of “dol”, determines what con duct constitutes wilful misconduct that deprives a carrier of limited liability protection
  • plaintiff estopped from arguing that he is qualified under the ADA

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C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.