11-175-cv(L) Ransmeier v. UAL Corporation, et al.
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
SUMMARY ORDER Rulings by summary order do not have precedential effect. Citation to a summary order filed on or after January 1, 2007, is permitted and is governed by Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 32.1 and this court's Local Rule 32.1.1. When citing a summary order in a document filed with this court, a party must cite either the Federal Appendix or an electronic database (with the notation "summary order"). A party citing a summary order must serve a copy of it on any party not represented by counsel.
At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, held at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, in the City of New York, on the 26th day of June, two thousand twelve.
PRESENT: PETER W. HALL, SUSAN L. CARNEY,1 Circuit Judges. _____________________________________________
JOHN C. RANSMEIER, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF LOUIS NEIL MARIANI, DECEASED,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
and
COLGAN AIR INC., A VIRGINIA CORPORATION, US AIRWAYS, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION, L 3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION SECURITY AND DETECTION SYSTEMS, A DELAWARE CORPORATION, L 3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, A DELAWARE CORPORATION, L 3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION, INVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC., STATE OF INCORPORATION UNKNOWN, QUANTUM MAGNETICS, INC., STATE OF INCORPORATION UNKNOWN, HEIMANN SYSTEMS CORP., STATE OF INCORPORATION UNKNOWN, AIR FRANCE, A FRENCH CORPORATION, DELTA AIRLINES, A CORPORATION, SWISS, A SWISS CORPORATION, AIR JAMAICA, A JAMAICAN CORPORATION, CAPE AIR, AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION, A TRADE ORGANIZATION,
Defendants,
Hon. Barrington D. Parker, Jr., originally assigned to this panel, recused himself from consideration of this appeal. The appeal was decided by the panel's remaining two judges, who are in agreement as to the disposition, pursuant to Internal Operating Procedure E(b), formerly § 0.14(b) of the Local Rules of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. UAL CORPORATION, AN ILLINOIS CORPORATION, UNITED AIRLINES, INC., AN ILLINOIS CORPORATION, HUNTLEIGH USA CORPORATION, A MISSOURI CORPORATION, ICTS INTERNATIONAL NV, A NETHERLANDS BUSINESS ENTITY OF UNKNOWN FORM, GLOBAL AVIATION SERVICES, A DELAWARE CORPORATION, BURNS INTERNATIONAL SECURITY SERVICES CORP., A DELAWARE CORPORATION, SECURITAS AB, A SWEDISH BUSINESS ENTITY OF UNKNOWN FORM, MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY, A GOVERNMENT ENTITY, THE BOEING COMPANY, AN ILLINOIS CORPORATION, MIDWEST EXPRESS AIRLINES, INC., A WISCONSIN CORPORATION, CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC., A CORPORATION, DOES, 1 THROUGH 100, INCLUSIVE, MIDWEST AIRLINES, INC.,
Defendants-Appellees,
v. Nos. 11-175-cv(L); 11-640-cv(Con)
ELLEN MARIANI, Proposed Intervenor,
Appellant.2 ______________________________________________
FOR APPELLANT: BRUCE LEICHTY, Clovis, California.
FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE: PETER G. BEESON (Charles R. Capace, Zimble & Brettler, Boston, Massachusetts, on the brief), Devine Millimet & Branch, Professional Association, Concord, New Hampshire.
FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES: JEFFREY J. ELLIS (Michael R. Feagley, Mayer Brown, LLP, Chicago, Illinois, on the brief), Quirk and Bakalor, P.C., New York, New York.
Appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of
New York (Hellerstein, J.). UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED,
ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the judgment of the district court