[nfb-talk] {Disarmed} Federal law preempts blind flyers' claims over airport kiosks

[Steve Jacobson]

Ryan,

I am also not a lawyer, but from what I know, California law is often more strict than federal law on some of these issues, and even if a victory were to only 
apply in California, it can stil influence other cases.  If the federal law is not as strong, filing there might well be irrelevant because the law may not have 
been strong enough to win on, so our best chance of winning may have been under California law.  .  Deciding how to approach something like this is 
always a bit of a gamble, and if one knew ahead of time how a judge was going to rule, one could always make the right choice.  <smile>  

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson


On Tue, 24 May 2011 11:58:01 -0600, Ryan O wrote:

>I'm not a lawyer so someone please help me out here. If I'm reading this
>ruling correctly, it looks as if our lawsuit was dismissed on a
>technicality. The judge dismissed it because it is invalidated by the ACAA.
>United is not responsible for accessibility of airport terminal kiosks. That
>issue would fall under federal purview. If this is the case, did we not make
>a tactical error in the filing? Should this not have been a federal suit?



>RyanO 


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