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A Bar Bouncer Equivalent for Planes in Flight (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date March 5, 2018
Report Number LSB10090
Report Type Legal Sidebar
Authors Charles Doyle
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

Two federal appellate courts recently upheld convictions under the federal statute that outlaws intimidating flight attendants aboard a commercial airline. Both cases involved boorish in - flight m isconduct , U.S. v. Lynch in U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (Tenth Circuit) and U.S. v. Petras in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fi f th Circuit (Fifth Circuit) . The se cases illustrate judicial practicality and the limits of a 2014 Supreme Court decision, Elonis v. U.S . , that recognized a state - of - mind requirement for prosecution under a federal threat statute