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ANDERSON v. USAIR, INC.

No. 85-6050.

818 F.2d 49 (1987)

Russell Wayne ANDERSON, Appellant, v. USAIR, INC.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 5, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peggy Pindar, with whom Mary T. Porter, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Richard M. Sharp, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before BORK and BUCKLEY, Circuit Judges, and LOUIS F. OBERDORFER, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia.

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.

BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:

USAir flight personnel refused to seat appellant Russell Anderson in an emergency overwing exit row because he is blind. Appellant promptly filed, inter alia, two statutory, three constitutional, and three common law claims challenging USAir's action. Although appellant pursues all but one of the claims on appeal, only a statutory claim is potentially compelling; namely, whether...

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