Two gay men filed invasion-of-privacy claims against an airline, alleging that the defendant company placed a sex toy on top of their luggage in an effort to humiliate them. A trial court dismissed their claims, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed that decision.

The background to the Fifth Circuit’s Nov. 4 per curiam decision in Christopher J. Bridgeman v. United Continental Holdings Inc. is as follows, according to the opinion.