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AIR WISCONSIN AIRLINES CORP. v. HOEPER

No. 09SC1050.

320 P.3d 830 (2012)

2012 CO 19

AIR WISCONSIN AIRLINES CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Petitioner v. William L. HOEPER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied April 23, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jaudon & Avery LLP, Alan D. Avery , David H. Yun , Jared R. Ellis , Denver, Colorado, Fafinski Mary & Johnson, P.A., Donald Chance Mark, Jr. , Alyson M. Palmer , Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Attorneys for Petitioner.

Overturf McGath Hull & Doherty, P.C., Scott A. McGath , Jason P. Rietz , Nikolai N. Frant , Lindsey W. Jay , Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondent.

John F. Walsh , United States Attorney, Paul Farley , Assistant United States Attorney, Denver, Colorado, U.S. Department of Justice, Eric Holder , Attorney General, Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, Douglas N. Letter , Appellate Staff, Abby C. Wright , Appellate Staff, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., Attorneys for Amicus Curiae the United States.

Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, L.L.P., Thomas B. Kelley , Steven D. Zansberg , Christopher P. Beall , Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae the Colorado Press Association.

Justice RICE delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 In this defamation action, we address whether a trial court must decide before trial if a party is immune from liability pursuant to the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA), 49 U.S.C. section 44941 (2006). Applying the principles of federal qualified immunity to the immunity conferred by the ATSA, we conclude that the trial court in this case erred by submitting to the jury the question of whether...

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