GPT on Question 48, Sep 17

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 and has not been overruled by the Supreme Court or the Eleventh Circuit sitting en banc. The Eleventh Circuit subsequently relied on it in Cavalieri v. Avior Airlines C.A., 25 F.4th 843, 848 (11th Cir. 2022).

Its central holding was:

“We hold that the Montreal Convention completely preempts state-law claims that fall within its scope.”

Varghese v. China Southern Airlines Co., 925 F.3d 1339, 1344 (11th Cir. 2019).

Thus, when a state-law claim falls within the Montreal Convention’s substantive scope, the Convention supplies the exclusive cause of action and creates federal-question removal jurisdiction. The holding does not mean that every claim involving international air travel falls within the Convention; coverage must still be established under the Convention’s terms.

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Yes. **Varghese remains binding Eleventh Circuit precedent** and has not been overruled by the Supreme Court or the Eleventh Circuit sitting en banc. The Eleventh Circuit subsequently relied on it in *Cavalieri v. Avior Airlines C.A.*, 25 F.4th 843, 848 (11th Cir. 2022).
Its central holding was:
> “We hold that the Montreal Convention completely preempts state-law claims that fall within its scope.”
*Varghese v. China Southern Airlines Co.*, 925 F.3d 1339, 1344 (11th Cir. 2019).
Thus, when a state-law claim falls within the Montreal Convention’s substantive scope, the Convention supplies the exclusive cause of action and creates federal-question removal jurisdiction. The holding does not mean that every claim involving international air travel falls within the Convention; coverage must still be established under the Convention’s terms.

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