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BRENNAN v. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.

No. 96-17053.

134 F.3d 1405 (1998)

Margaret BRENNAN; Michael Manders; and Ann Dichov, on behalf of the general public and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COMPANY; Alaska Airlines, Inc.; and United Air Lines, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 28, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary J. Near, San Francisco, California; Steven M. Kipperman, Steven M. Kipperman Law Corporation, San Francisco, California, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert C. Walters, Russell Yager, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Dallas, Texas; Christopher B. Hockett, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enerson, L.L.P., San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee Southwest Airlines Co.

Robert A. Goodin, Goodin, MacBride, Squeri, Schlotz & Ritchie, L.L.P., San Francisco, California; Parker C. Folse, III, Susman Godfrey, L.L.P., Seattle, Washington, for defendant-appellee Alaska Airlines, Inc.

Farley J. Neuman, Charles E. Perkins, Jenkins, Goodman & Neuman, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee United Air Lines, Inc.

Fred M. Blum, Jaffe, Trutanich, Scatena & Blum, San Francisco, California, for amicus curiae International Airline Passengers Association.

Before: GOODWIN and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and RHOADES, District Judge.

RHOADES, District Judge:

I. Overview

The district court denied Plaintiffs' Motion to Remand to state court and granted Defendants' Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings. Plaintiffs appeal. For the reasons stated below, we affirm the district court in both respects.

II. Background

Section 4261 of the Internal Revenue Code ("IRC") required airline passengers to pay a ten percent excise tax on domestic...

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