GPT on Question 48, Sep 25

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 published panel opinion at 925 F.3d 1339 was later vacated, so it has no precedential force and should not be cited as binding Eleventh Circuit law.

The now-vacated opinion held:

“We hold that the Montreal Convention permits the application of Georgia’s renewal statute.”

Varghese v. China Southern Airlines Co., 925 F.3d 1339, 1351 (11th Cir. 2019), vacated.

The ruling concerned Article 35’s two-year limitations period: the panel concluded that a timely filed action could be voluntarily dismissed and renewed under Georgia’s renewal statute even though the renewed action was filed after the Convention’s two-year period. Because the Eleventh Circuit vacated the opinion, that conclusion is not binding—or even persuasive precedent of the court in the ordinary sense. See generally United States v. Sigma International, Inc., 300 F.3d 1278, 1280 (11th Cir. 2002) (“A vacated decision has no legal effect whatever.”).

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No phrase saying the case does not exist. Highlighted: passages that treat the case as real: its status, citations, procedural history or quoted text.

No. **The published panel opinion at 925 F.3d 1339 was later vacated**, so it has no precedential force and should not be cited as binding Eleventh Circuit law.
The now-vacated opinion held:
> “We hold that the Montreal Convention permits the application of Georgia’s renewal statute.”
*Varghese v. China Southern Airlines Co.*, 925 F.3d 1339, 1351 (11th Cir. 2019), **vacated**.
The ruling concerned Article 35’s two-year limitations period: the panel concluded that a timely filed action could be voluntarily dismissed and renewed under Georgia’s renewal statute even though the renewed action was filed after the Convention’s two-year period. Because the Eleventh Circuit vacated the opinion, that conclusion is not binding—or even persuasive precedent of the court in the ordinary sense. See generally *United States v. Sigma International, Inc.*, 300 F.3d 1278, 1280 (11th Cir. 2002) (“A vacated decision has no legal effect whatever.”).

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