Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Hernandez v. Air France
Hernandez v. Air Fr., 430 U.S. 950 (1977)
- 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
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C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied.
Mr. Justice Blackmun would grant certiorari.