Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Hernandez v. Air France

430 U.S. 950

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1977-03-28
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • rejecting an argument that a terrorist attack within an airport was a "characteristic of air travel” to which Article 17 liability should apply
  • applying criteria of plaintiffs activity when injured, its location and the extent of control exercised by airline to interpretation of disembarking
  • commercial speech with little public interest not constitutionally protected

Citator

UpLaw has not yet analyzed Hernandez v. Air France. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.

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C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied.

Mr. Justice Blackmun would grant certiorari.