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Old Apr 19, 2017, 7:43 am
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Originally Posted by Howard Long
Lawyer Leonard French does a discussion on Qualified Immunity relating to this case here United Airlines removes man by FORCE to make room for STAFF - YouTube start at 10:25, the earlier part is merely recounting the story as it was known a week ago, but the Qualified Immunity part is still relevent.
Yeah... he might 'mention' Qualified Immunity at 10.25... but it gets lost for several more minutes as he gets distracted.

From what I could gather he seems to be saying that UA has the absolute right to remove anyone they wanted as they are a private company, with private property, and it amounts to trespass if the the passenger doesn't go.

I thought there was other legal opinion to the contrary?
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