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Air Transport Association of America, Inc., dba Airlines for America v. Washington Department of Labor & Industries

Petition for certiorari denied on June 30, 2022

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
21-627 9th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2021

Issue: Whether the Airline Deregulation Act preempts neutral state laws only where those laws "bind" an airline to a "particular" price, route or service (as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit held), or whether it preempts any state law that has a "significant impact" on carrier prices, routes or services even if that impact "is only indirect" (as the Supreme Court in Morales v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. and several courts of appeals have held).

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
10/27/2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 29, 2021)
11/18/2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 29, 2021 to January 28, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
11/19/2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 28, 2022, for all respondents.
11/19/2021Waiver of right of respondent Association of Flight Attendants - Communication Workers of America AFL-CIO to respond filed.
01/28/2022Brief of respondents Washington Department of Labor & Industries, et al. in opposition filed.
02/15/2022Reply of petitioner Air Transport Association of America, Inc. d/b/a Airlines for America filed. (Distributed)
02/16/2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/4/2022.
02/22/2022Rescheduled.
06/07/2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/23/2022.
06/07/2022Supplemental brief of petitioner Air Transport Association of America, Inc. d/b/a Airlines for America filed. (Distributed)
06/29/2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2022.
06/30/2022Petition DENIED.