Court Opinion

ID: 9487666
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 12:23:30.985161+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:52:25.409333
License: Public Domain

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge,
specially concurring:
In this case, the majority modifies its interpretation of the ADA preemption provision announced today in Hodges v. Delta Airlines to differentiate further between the economic aspects and the safety aspects of a service. I do not think this distinction is defensible in the light of American Airlines v. Wolens, — U.S.-, 115 S.Ct. 817, 130 L.Ed.2d 715. American Airlines determined that the term “service” in the preemption provision includes all services, both essential and unessential. Id., — U.S. at-, 115 S.Ct. at 822-23. Given that fact, it is likely that the Supreme Court would view the term “service” as encompassing claims relating to the safety as well as the economic or contractual aspects of a service. Nonetheless, for the reasons stated in my special concurring opinion in Hodges, I concur in the judgment of the court.