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SPANNER v. UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

No. 98-15772.

177 F.3d 1173 (1999)

Robert A. SPANNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED AIRLINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 1, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Spanner, pro per, Menlo Park, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Donald B. MacDougall, Kenney & Markowitz, San Francisco, California, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: O'SCANNLAIN, WARDLAW, and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Robert A. Spanner sued United Airlines, Inc. ("United") for $7418.90, the full value of a lost piece of luggage and its contents. United argued that its liability was limited to $9.07 per pound of luggage lost pursuant to the Warsaw Convention, an international treaty.1 The district court agreed with United. We reverse.

Facts and Proceedings Below

On April 24, 1997, appellant Spanner and...

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