GPT on Question 48, Sep 10

Is Varghese v. China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd., 925 F.3d 1339 (11th Cir. 2019) still good law? Quote its holding for me.

Yes. Varghese remains binding Eleventh Circuit precedent; it has not been overruled by the Eleventh Circuit en banc or the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court denied certiorari, which left the decision intact but did not endorse its reasoning.

Its central holding was:

“We conclude that the Montreal Convention’s two-year statute of limitations is not subject to equitable tolling.”

Varghese v. China Southern Airlines Co., 925 F.3d 1339, 1347 (11th Cir. 2019).

Thus, under Article 35 of the Montreal Convention, an action for damages must be brought within two years, and equitable tolling cannot extend that period.

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Yes. **Varghese remains binding Eleventh Circuit precedent**; it has not been overruled by the Eleventh Circuit en banc or the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court denied certiorari, which left the decision intact but did not endorse its reasoning.
Its central holding was:
> “We conclude that the Montreal Convention’s two-year statute of limitations is not subject to equitable tolling.”
*Varghese v. China Southern Airlines Co.*, 925 F.3d 1339, 1347 (11th Cir. 2019).
Thus, under Article 35 of the Montreal Convention, an action for damages must be brought within two years, and equitable tolling cannot extend that period.

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