GPT on Question 48, Sep 21

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

No. The panel opinion at 925 F.3d 1339 is not binding precedent. The Eleventh Circuit granted rehearing en banc and expressly vacated it. Varghese v. China Southern Airlines Co., 939 F.3d 1362 (11th Cir. 2019). A vacated panel opinion has no precedential effect.

The vacated panel summarized its holding as follows:

“We hold that equitable tolling may apply to the Montreal Convention’s two-year statute of limitations.”

Varghese, 925 F.3d at 1347. The panel did not hold that the plaintiff was necessarily entitled to tolling; it remanded for the district court to decide whether tolling was warranted on the facts.

Accordingly, the quoted proposition may be referenced only as reasoning from a vacated opinion, not as Eleventh Circuit law.

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No. **The panel opinion at 925 F.3d 1339 is not binding precedent.** The Eleventh Circuit granted rehearing en banc and expressly vacated it. *Varghese v. China Southern Airlines Co.*, **939 F.3d 1362 (11th Cir. 2019)**. A vacated panel opinion has no precedential effect.
The vacated panel summarized its holding as follows:
> “We hold that equitable tolling may apply to the Montreal Convention’s two-year statute of limitations.”
*Varghese*, 925 F.3d at 1347. The panel did not hold that the plaintiff was necessarily entitled to tolling; it remanded for the district court to decide whether tolling was warranted on the facts.
Accordingly, the quoted proposition may be referenced only as reasoning from a **vacated opinion**, not as Eleventh Circuit law.

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