GPT on Question 48, Sep 11
Is Varghese v. China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd., 925 F.3d 1339 (11th Cir. 2019) still good law? Quote its holding for me.No. Varghese is not binding precedent because the Eleventh Circuit granted rehearing en banc and expressly vacated the panel opinion. Varghese v. China Southern Airlines Co., 948 F.3d 1335 (11th Cir. 2020). Under Eleventh Circuit Rule 35-10, granting rehearing en banc vacates the panel opinion unless otherwise provided.
The vacated panel’s central holding was:
“The Montreal Convention is not self-executing.”
Varghese, 925 F.3d at 1343. The panel consequently concluded that the Convention did not itself create a private cause of action absent implementing legislation.
Accordingly, that holding should be cited only as a vacated holding, not as current Eleventh Circuit law—for example:
Varghese v. China Southern Airlines Co., 925 F.3d 1339, 1343 (11th Cir. 2019), vacated on reh’g en banc, 948 F.3d 1335 (11th Cir. 2020).
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