Aviation Law : Cases And Materials

Table of Cases xv Preface xxi Acknowledgments xxiii About the Authors xxv Introduction 3(104) Overview 3(1) The Challenge of Flight 3(15) Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge 3(2) Aviation History 5(9) Japan has Designs on a New Concorde 14(1) House Resolution 500 15(1) Notes 16(1) Problem 1 17(1) Sources of Aviation Law 18(54) Legislation 18(1) A Comparative Analysis of the Aviation Network within the European Community and the Ad-Hoc Network Between the United States and Central America 18(2) Ultralight Aircraft: A Need For Better Regulation Than 14 C.F.R. § 103 20(2) Transportation: A Legal History 22(1) Notes 23(7) Problem 2 30(1) Case Law 31(1) Guille v. Swan 31(1) Crosby v. Cox Aircraft Company of Washington 32(10) Virgilio Ex Rel. Virgilio v. City of New York 42(7) Notes 49(1) Problem 3 50(1) Statecraft 51(1) What Happened Next? 51(1) Alejandre v. Republic of Cuba 52(9) Solicitation, Offer and Award 61(3) Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting the Export of Certain Goods to Syria 64(1) Civilian-Jet Antimissle System Starts to Take Shape, Firms Say 65(1) Europeans Probe Secret Cia Flights 66(1) Notes 67(5) Problem 4 72(1) Professional Responsibility 72(35) The General Aviation Case 72(3) Matter of Anis 75(6) Dempsey v. Associated Aviation Underwriters 81(5) Krieger v. Adler, Kaplan & Begy 86(8) In the Matter of Eddleman 94(7) Notes 101(4) Problem 5 105(2) Aircraft 107(110) Overview 107(1) Documentation 107(22) Jet Way: How To Buy and Keep That Corporate Plane 107(2) Ickes v. Federal Aviation Administration 109(4) Air One Helicopters, Inc. v. Federal Aviation Administration 113(5) Lewistown Propane Company v. Ford 118(3) Creston Aviation, Inc. v. Textron Financial Corporation 121(3) Koppie v. United States 124(2) Notes 126(3) Problem 6 129(1) Taxes 129(20) Wardair Canada, Inc. v. Florida Department of Revenue 129(6) Citgo Petroleum Corporation v. United States 135(4) American Airlines, Inc. v. Johnson 139(3) Executive Aircraft Consulting, Inc. v. City of Newton 142(7) Notes 149(1) Problem 7 149(1) Liability 149(20) Alaskan Oil, Inc. v. Central Flying Service, Inc. 149(3) Turbines, Inc. v. Dardis 152(12) Prompt Air, Inc. v. Firewall Forward, Inc. 164(3) Notes 167(2) Problems 169(1) Defenses 169(29) Cleveland v. Piper Aircraft Corporation 169(5) Godwin Aircraft, Inc. v. Houston 174(3) Burroughs v. Precision Airmotive Corp. 177(6) Gray v. Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Company 183(6) Bahsoon v. Pezetel, Ltd. 189(4) Notes 193(4) Problem 9 197(1) Venue and Choice of Law 198(19) Lacey v. Cessna Aircraft Company 198(11) In Re Air Crash Disaster at Sioux City, Iowa, On July 19, 1989 209(5) Notes 214(1) Problem 10 215(2) Airmen 217(126) Overview 217(1) Pilots 217(41) Abdullah v. American Airlines, Inc. 217(7) Lindsay v. National Transportation Safety Board 224(4) Del Balzo v. Collier 228(3) United States Aviation Underwriters, Inc. v. National Insurance Underwriters 231(3) Jetcraft Corporation v. Flightsafety International, Inc. 234(6) Coleman v. Windham Aviation Inc. 240(7) Goodlett v. Kalishek 247(5) Notes 252(5) Problem 11 257(1) Mechanics 258(18) Borregard v. National Transportation Safety Board 258(2) Fant v. Champion Aviation, Inc. 260(3) Haimberg v. R & M Aviation, Inc. 263(6) Lock v. Packard Flying Service, Inc. 269(2) Jarmuth v. Aldridge 271(4) Notes 275(1) Problem 12 276(1) Flight Attendants 276(44) Frank v. United Airlines, Inc. 276(9) Gordon v. United Airlines, Inc. 285(13) Rose v. Midwest Express Airlines, Inc. 298(4) Ferris v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. 302(7) Straka v. Francis 309(6) Duncan v. Northwest Airlines, Inc. 315(3) Notes 318(2) Problem 13 320(1) Collective Bargaining 320(23) Airline Labor Disruptions: Is the Rla Still Adequate? 320(3) Kaufman v. Allied Pilots Association 323(3) Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. v. Norris 326(5) Airline Pilots Association, International, Afl-Cio v. Taca International Airlines, S.A. 331(6) Ramey v. District 141, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers 337(3) Notes 340(2) Problem 14 342(1) Passengers 343(142) Overview 343(1) Domestic Travel 343(82) Spirit Airlines, Inc. v. Northwest Airlines, Inc. 343(11) In Re Northwest Airlines Corp. Antitrust Litigation 354(12) In Re American Airlines, Inc. Privacy Litigation 366(10) Stone v. Continental Airlines 376(6) Rubin v. United Air Lines, Inc. 382(13) Deterra v. America West Airlines, Inc. 395(5) Stagl v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. 400(3) J.C. Penney Life Insurance Company v. Pilosi 403(7) Notes 410(15) Problem 15 425(1) International Travel 425(60) Robertson v. American Airlines, Inc. 425(4) Schopenhauer v. Compagnie Nationale Air France 429 Paradis v. Ghana Airways Limited 437(6) Olympic Airways v. Husain 443(11) Ehrlich v. American Airlines, Inc. 454(9) In Re Air Crash Disaster Near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia on September 2, 1998 463(5) In Re Air Crash at Taipei, Taiwan, On October 31, 2000 468(9) Stethem v. Islamic Republic of Iran 477(2) Notes 479(4) Problem 16 483(2) Cargo 485(66) Overview 485(1) Suits Against Carriers 485(38) Fair Opportunity 485(1) Welliver v. Federal Express 485(3) Dover Farms, Inc. v. American Air Lines, Inc. 488(2) Kesel v. United Parcel Service, Inc. 490(4) Notes 494(2) Problem 17 496(1) Notice 497(1) Dalton v. Delta Airlines, Inc. 497(3) Stud v. Trans International Airlines 500(3) G. D. Searle & Co. v. Federal Express Corporation 503(1) Notes 504(1) Problem 18 505(1) Damages 505(1) Sotheby's v. Federal Express Corporation 505(7) Caporicci Footwear, Ltd. v. Federal Express Corporation 512(2) Hampton v. Federal Express Corporation 514(7) Notes 521(2) Problem 19 523(1) Suits Against Third Parties 523(28) Federal Express Corporation v. United States Postal Service 523(3) Royal Insurance v. Amerford Air Cargo 526(5) Hih Marine Insurance Services, Inc. v. Gateway Freight Services 531(6) Continental Time Corp. v. Merchants Bank of New York 537(2) John & Jane Roes, 1--100 v. Fhp, Inc. 539(3) Notes 542(6) Problem 20 548(3) Airports 551(130) Overview 551(1) Construction 551(35) Griggs v. County of Allegheny 551(5) Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Federal Aviation Administration 556(6) Citizens Against Burlington, Inc. v. Busey 562(11) Pinczkowski v. Milwaukee County 573(9) Notes 582(3) Problem 21 585(1) Use 586(35) City of Burbank v. Lockheed Air Terminal Inc. 586(11) City of Naples Airport Authority v. Federal Aviation Administration 597(4) Western Air Lines, Inc. v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey 601(2) City of Los Angeles v. United States Department of Transportation 603(4) Park Shuttle N Fly, Inc. v. Norfolk Airport Authority 607(10) Notes 617(3) Problem 22 620(1) Security 621(16) International Society For Krishna Consciousness, Inc. v. Lee 621(5) United States v. Marquez 626(4) People v. Barron 630(4) Notes 634(3) Problem 23 637(1) Air Traffic Control 637(31) Yap v. Slater 637(7) Abrisch v. United States 644(12) Lakomy v. United States 656(8) Notes 664(4) Problem 24 668(1) Concessionaires 668(13) Jerrico, Inc. v. Jerry's, Inc. 668(2) Haskins v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. 670(2) Metropolitan Dade County v. CBM Industries of Minnesota, Inc. 672(2) Notes 674(5) Problem 25 679(2) APPENDICES 681(262) Appendix 1 Convention Relating to the Regulation of Aerial Navigation 683(9) Appendix 2 Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Transportation by Air 692(11) Appendix 3 Convention on International Civil Aviation 703(24) Appendix 4 International Air Services Transit Agreement 727(3) Appendix 5 International Air Transport Agreement 730(4) Appendix 6 Convention on the International Recognition of Rights in Aircraft 734(6) Appendix 7 Convention on Damage Caused by Foreign Aircraft to Third Parties on the Surface 740(12) Appendix 8 Protocol to Amend the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air, Signed at Warsaw on 12 October 1929 752(8) Appendix 9 Convention Supplementary to the Warsaw Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air Performed by a Person Other than the Contracting Carrier 760(4) Appendix 10 Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft 764(7) Appendix 11 Montreal Intercarrier Agreement Relating to Liability Limitations of the Warsaw Convention and the Hague Protocol 771(2) Appendix 12 Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft 773(5) Appendix 13 Protocol to Amend the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air, Signed at Warsaw on 12 October 1929, as Amended by the Protocol Done at the Hague on 28 September 1955 778(8) Appendix 14 Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation 786(6) Appendix 15 Additional Protocol No. 4 to the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air Signed at Warsaw on October 12, 1929, as Amended by the Protocol Done at the Hague on September 28, 1955 792(9) Appendix 16 Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Concerning Air Services 801(15) Appendix 17 Protocol to Amend the Convention on Damage Caused by Foreign Aircraft to Third Parties on the Surface Signed at Rome on 7 October 1952 816(7) Appendix 18 United Nations Convention on International Multimodal Transport of Goods 823(17) Appendix 19 Protocol Relating to an Amendment to the Convention on International Civil Aviation 840(3) Appendix 20 Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, Supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation, Done at Montreal, on 23 September 1971 843(3) Appendix 21 Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection 846(6) Appendix 22 Agreement to Ban Smoking on International Passenger Flights 852(2) Appendix 23 IATA Intercarrier Agreement on Passenger Liability 854(1) Appendix 24 Agreement on Measures to Implement the IATA Intercarrier Agreement 855(2) Appendix 25 ATA Provisions Implementing the IATA Intercarrier Agreement to Be Included in Conditions of Carriage and Tariffs 857(2) Appendix 26 Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air 859(17) Appendix 27 Multilateral Agreement on the Liberalization of International Air Transportation 876(15) Appendix 28 Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment 891(23) Appendix 29 Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment 914(16) Appendix 30 United States Model Open Skies Agreement 930(13) Index 943