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Asserting and Avoiding the Preemption Defense | Reprinted from Civil Trial Practice: Winning Techniques of Successful Trial Attorneys Copyright 2000 by Lawyers & Judges Publishing Co.

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XX Asserting and Avoiding the Preemption Defense By Stuart Starry* XX.1 Preemption: Generally When I was a defense lawyer, the most powerful weapon in my arsenal was the preemption defense. On several occasions I totally annihilated my opponents by...

Federal Preemption in Commercial Aviation | Reprinted from Journal of Air Law and Commerce, Volume 58, Issue 3, Copyright 1993 by Southern Methodist University School of Law.

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Journal of Air Law and Commerce Spring, 1993 *657 FEDERAL PREEMPTION IN COMMERCIAL AVIATION: TORT LITIGATION UNDER 49 U.S.C. § 1305 Stuart J. Starry [FNa1] Copyright © 1993 by the Southern Methodist University School of Law; Staurt J. Starry I. INTRODUCTION FLIGHT 017...

Torts at Twenty Thousand Feet | Reprinted from The Brief, Fall 1993, Vol. 23, No. 1, Copyright by American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice Section.

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Brief Fall, 1993 *8 TORTS AT TWENTY THOUSAND FEET Federal Preemption in Commercial Aviation Stuart J. Starry [FNa1] Copyright © 1993 by the American Bar Association; Stuart J. Starry Flight 017 was an hour and ten minutes out of Baltimore when it ran into foul...

Preemption in the Skies | Reprinted from TRIAL Magazine, March 1994, p. 48.

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Reprinted from TRIAL, March 1994, p. 48. Transportation Preemption in the skies Stuart J. Starry Stuart J. Starry is a partner with Fleming, Hovenkamp & Grayson in Houston. A version of this article appeared in The Brief, Fall 1993 (American Bar Association.) It...

Houston Solo wins at 9th Circuit | Reprinted from Texas Lawyer, December 15, 1998.

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TEXAS LAWYER, Dec. 7, 1998 Ruling Opens Door for PI Suits Against Airlines in State Courts By John Council Plaintiffs have their choice of competent aviation attorneys in Texas. But if a federal appellate challenge to the 1978 Airline Deregulation Act is specifically...

Pied Piper of Airline Torts wins at 5th Circuit | Reprinted from Texas Lawyer, May 1, 1995.

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BY RICHARD CONNELLY Five years ago, when he was a defense attorney, Houston lawyer Stuart Starry helped convince the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that federal law bars plaintiffs from pursuing personal injury claims against airlines in state court. Then...