United States Seventh Circuit

The Federal Aviation Act does not completely replace state law with federal law but only provides a federal defense to the application of state law, such as trespass, and thus does not provide a basis for federal question jurisdiction.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/01/2001
• Decided 11/09/2001
• Published 11/09/2001

Judges

• DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before WOOD, JR., MANION, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Edward V. Donovan, Jr.(argued), Henehan, Donovan & Isaacson, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Mark S. Davies, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., App. Sec., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Alan L. Farkas (argued), Madsen, Farkas & Powen, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.