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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 or abrogated. The Supreme Court denied certiorari. Varghese v. China Southern Airlines Co., 140 S. Ct. 115 (2019).

Its central holding was:

“We hold 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, 1341 (11th Cir. 2019).

Thus, under Article 35 of the Montreal Convention, a damages action must be brought within two years of the specified triggering event; filing an earlier action in an improper forum does not equitably toll that period. The decision is binding in the Eleventh Circuit on that point.

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Yes. **Varghese remains binding Eleventh Circuit precedent**; it has not been overruled or abrogated. The Supreme Court denied certiorari. *Varghese v. China Southern Airlines Co.*, 140 S. Ct. 115 (2019).
Its central holding was:
> “We hold 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, 1341 (11th Cir. 2019).
Thus, under Article 35 of the Montreal Convention, a damages action must be brought within two years of the specified triggering event; filing an earlier action in an improper forum does not equitably toll that period. The decision is binding in the Eleventh Circuit on that point.

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