GPT on Question 48, Sep 13

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 precedent in the Eleventh Circuit; no subsequent Supreme Court or en banc Eleventh Circuit decision appears to have overruled or abrogated it.

Its central holding was:

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

Varghese v. China Southern Airlines Co., 925 F.3d 1339, 1348 (11th Cir. 2019).

Thus, Article 35 of the Montreal Convention extinguishes a damages claim not brought within two years, even when a plaintiff invokes equitable tolling or a state-law renewal provision.

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Yes. **Varghese remains binding precedent in the Eleventh Circuit**; no subsequent Supreme Court or en banc Eleventh Circuit decision appears to have overruled or abrogated it.
Its central holding was:
> “We hold that the Montreal Convention’s two-year limitations period is not subject to equitable tolling.”
*Varghese v. China Southern Airlines Co.*, 925 F.3d 1339, 1348 (11th Cir. 2019).
Thus, Article 35 of the Montreal Convention extinguishes a damages claim not brought within two years, even when a plaintiff invokes equitable tolling or a state-law renewal provision.

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