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March 26, 2008
New York air passenger rights law knocked down on preemption grounds
In the latest imposition of federal preemption on a state's longstanding "police powers" to protect its citizens, a federal appellate court has overruled a district judge decision upholding New York's pioneering airline passenger rights law. The law was championed by the PIRG-backed Coalition for an Airline Passengers Bill of Rights (flyersrights.org). While the U.S. House of Representatives has enacted a more modest version of the New York law; similar legislation is trapped on the ground in the Senate. Story on the court decision by Ken Belson of the New York Times: Court Strikes Down State Law Protecting Fliers.
Posted by Ed Mierzwinski at March 26, 2008 06:06 AM
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