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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Lee finds that the district court improperly held that the Federal Aviation Act preempted claims brought against companies that helped manufacture a helicopter that crashed and killed two U.S. Army pilots because the claims concern civil aviation safety and do not speak to military aircraft. However, the district court must determine whether the military contractor defense bars the claims in a "fact-intensive analysis."
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