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REPUBLIC NAT'L BANK OF NEW YORK v. DELTA AIR LINES

Transportation
Under the Warsaw Convention, failure to designate a place of execution on an airway bill will waive the loss limitation for lost cargo under the...

FED. MARINE TERMINALS, INC. v. WORCESTER PEAT CO., INC.

Admiralty, Transportation
Where the plaintiff did not show how much product it lost, or how much more it lost than it expected to lose, the district court did not err by...

CITY OF NEW YORK v. MINETTA

Environmental Law, Transportation
49 USC 41716(a)-(b), which requires the Secretary of Transportation to grant slot exemptions to airlines in New York metropolitan airports if they...

GTS ROOFING PRODS. CO., INC. v. SURFACE TRANSP. BD.

Transportation
49 USC 10907(b)(1) does not require the Surface Transportation Board to calculate a Going Concern Value of forced sale rail line, so the Board may...

YETMAN v. GARVEY

Transportation
The FAA has the discretionary power to establish a rigid policy, granting no exemptions until satisfied that medical standards can demonstrate an...

CONTRACT FREIGHTERS, INC. v. SEC'Y OF US DEP'T OF TRANSP.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Transportation
Under 49 USC 14123, a motor carrier must show substantial competitive harm before it can prevent the public disclosure of financial information that...

STUCKY v. CITY OF SAN ANTONIO

Transportation
Political subdivisions of a state are not exempt from preemption under 49 USC 14501(c)(1), which applies to laws covering a price, route, or service...

US v. ABOZID

Criminal Law & Procedure, Transportation
Validated airline tickets bearing a travel agency's Airline Reporting Corporation account/identification number constitute "access devices" under 18...

CUSTER COUNTY ACTION ASS'N v. GARVEY

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Transportation
Unless petitioners can show that an environmental impact statement is unsupported by evidence, or otherwise arbitrary and capricious, the appellate...

AIR TRANSP. ASS'N OF CANADA v. FED. AVIATION ADMIN.

Administrative Law, Transportation
The Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996, 49 USC 45301, authorizes the FAA to establish fees for flights through US controlled airspace that...