Source: https://condonlaw.com/2016/02/the-seventh-circuit-issues-its-second-opinion-questioning-the-enforceability-of-eu-regulation-261-in-u-s-courts/
Timestamp: 2019-04-19 10:38:23+00:00

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On February 2, 2016, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued its second opinion rejecting passengers’ efforts to obtain compensation for flight delays under Regulation EC (No) 261/2004 (“EU 261”) in U.S. courts.1 Last year, the court ruled in Volodarskiy v. Delta Air Lines2 that passengers cannot assert claims in U.S. courts against airlines for alleged direct violations of EU 261 because the power to enforce EU 261 resides exclusively with the courts of EU Member States. In the combined opinion issued in Varsamis v. Iberia and Baumeister v. Deutsche Lufthansa AG,3 the Seventh Circuit held that the plaintiffs could not use claims for alleged breach of contract as a means of obtaining EU 261 compensation.
1 Baumeister v. Deutsche Lufthansa, AG, Nos. 14-2414 and 14-2633, 2016 WL 385375 (7th Cir. Feb. 2, 2016).
2 784 F.3d 349 (2015).
3 Nos. 14-2414 and 14-2633, 2016 WL 385375 (7th Cir. Feb. 2, 2016).
4 Giannopoulos v. Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana, S.A., No. 11 C 775, 2014 WL 551589, *1 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 12, 2014).
6 Polinovsky v. Deutsche Lufthansa, AG, No. 11 C 780, 2014 WL 983255 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 13, 2014).
7 No. 14-2633, 2016 WL 385375 at *2.

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