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ACEVEDO-REINOSO v. IBERIA LINEAS AEREAS DE ESPANA

No. 05-1699.

449 F.3d 7 (2006)

Michel ACEVEDO-REINOSO, Plaintiff, Appellant, María T. Pacheco-González, Plaintiff, v. IBERIA LÍNEAS AÉREAS DE ESPAÑA S.A.; Jane Doe, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 23, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfredo Fernández-Martínez, with whom Delgado & Fernández, LLP was on brief, for appellant Michel Acevedo-Reinoso.

Juan R. Marchand-Quintero, with whom Francisco Ortiz-Santini was on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, LIPEZ, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to decide whether a passenger's state tort claim against an international air carrier was preempted by the Warsaw Convention1 and therefore properly dismissed by the district court. For the reasons set forth below, we vacate the district court's judgment granting the motion to dismiss and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

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