Case Updates
Ninth Circuit holds that Clean Air Act (CAA) expressly preempts state tort claims arising from aircraft emissions near the Seattle-Tacoma Airport
September 23, 2026
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Ninth Circuit to reverse district court order refusing to dismiss putative class’s state tort claims arising out of airplane emissions around the Seattle-Tacoma Airport
August 15, 2025
As the brief explains, the claims are expressly preempted by both the Airline Deregulation Act and the Clean Air Act.
J. Stephen Barrick of Hicks Thomas LLP served as outside counsel.
Ninth Circuit grants petition for interlocutory appeal of denial of motion to dismiss a putative class’s state tort claims arising out of airplane emissions around the Seattle-Tacoma Airport, even though such claims are preempted under the Clean Air Act and Airline Deregulation Act
May 01, 2025
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Ninth Circuit to grant interlocutory appeal of district court’s refusal to dismiss a putative class’s state tort claims arising out of airplane emissions around the Seattle-Tacoma Airport, even though such claims are preempted under the Clean Air Act and Airline Deregulation Act
March 07, 2025
Eric Grant of Hicks Thomas LLP served as outside counsel.