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ZICHERMAN v. KOREAN AIR LINES CO.

No. 94-1361.

516 U.S. 217 (1996)

ZICHERMAN, individually and as executrix of THE ESTATE OF KOLE, et al. v. KOREAN AIR LINES CO., LTD.

United States Supreme Court.

Decided January 16, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Paul Needham argued the cause for petitioners in No. 94-1361 and respondents in No. 94-1477. With him on the briefs was Kevin M. Hensley.

Andrew J. Harakas argued the cause for Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd., in both cases. With him on the briefs was George N. Tompkins, Jr.†

Scalia, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

Justice Scalia, delivered the opinion of the Court.

This action presents the question whether, in a suit brought under Article 17 of the Warsaw Convention governing international air transportation, Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Transportation by Air, Oct. 12, 1929, 49 Stat. 3000, T. S. No. 876 (1934) (reprinted in note following 49 U. S. C. App. § 1502 (1988) Briefs of amicus curiae were filed for Pan American...

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