Tsui Yuan Tseng v. El Al Israel Airlines, Ltd.’s Empirical Analysis
122 F.3d 99 · 1997
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2022 · most notably El Al Israel Airlines, Ltd. v. Tsui Yuan Tseng (1999), Fishman v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. (1998)
11 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. Creighton · Air France v. Saks · Eastern Airlines, Inc. v. Floyd · McKinney v. Baldwin · Choctaw Nation of Indians v. United States
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[L liability under Article 17 of the Warsaw Convention arises only if a passenger’s injury is caused by an unexpected or unusual event or happening that is eoetemal to the passenger. This definition should be flexibly applied after assessment of all the circumstances surrounding a passenger’s injuries.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) In the cases covered by articles 18 and 19 any action for damages, however founded, can only be brought subject to the conditions and limits set out in this convention. 9 "(2) In the cases covered by article 17 the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall also apply, without prejudice to the questions as to who are the persons who have the right to bring suit and what are their respective rights.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“passenger. Tseng was taken to a private security room where her baggage and person were searched for explosives and detonating devices. She was told to remove her shoes, jacket, and sweater, and to lower her blue jeans to midhip. A female security guard then searched Tseng's body outside her clothes by hand and with an electronic security wand. 11 After the search, which lasted 15 minutes, El Al personnel decided that Tseng did not pose a security threat and allowed her to board the flight. Tseng later testified that she”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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