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Joint reply brief filed by Alaska Air Group and Delta Air Lines, Inc. in Case No. 2:23-cv-00795 (W.D. Wash.), before Hon. Jamal N. Whitehead, in support of their motion to dismiss the Second Amended Complaint filed by plaintiffs Cindy Codoni, Michelle Geer, Horace Cathcart, Amy France, and Tamara Chakos against Port Of Seattle, Alaska Air Group, and Delta Air Lines. Airlines argue federal preemption bars plaintiffs’ state-law claims related to airline service to Sea-Tac Airport, invoking the Airline Deregulation Act, Clean Air Act, field preemption over flight operations, impossibility preemption, and obstacle preemption. Brief also argues the court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over collateral attacks on FAA and EPA orders. Key cases cited include City of Burbank v. Lockheed Air Terminal Inc., 411 U.S. 624 (1973), and Air Transp. Ass’n of Am. v. City & Cnty. of San Francisco, 266 F.3d 1064 (9th Cir. 2001).