After a passenger was forcibly removed from an overbooked United Airlines flight, many people are wondering if United could be facing a lawsuit.

Judge Andrew Napolitano thinks they likely will.

On "Fox & Friends" this morning, Napolitano said there are two things at play: United's civil obligations and the actions of the security officers.

"By dislodging this passenger against his will, United violated its contractual obligation," Napolitano said. "He bought the ticket, he passed the TSA, he was in his seat, he has every right to stay there."

@united @FoxNews @CNN not a good way to treat a Doctor trying to get to work because they overbooked pic.twitter.com/sj9oHk94Ik — Tyler Bridges (@Tyler_Bridges) April 9, 2017

As for the police response, Napolitano said they should not have violently dragged the man off the plane just because United officials asked them to.

"If the reason for their call is not a crime, they should leave," Napolitano said. "They have no right using violence to resolve a civil a dispute. ... If the passenger is politely or reasonably sitting there, waiting for the flight to take off, he's not committing a crime, he's not engaged in violence, he's not doing anything that justifies police force."

He said the man "absolutely" has a case against United if he files a lawsuit, because of the "inconvenience and public humiliation."

Napolitano added that the police could also face a lawsuit, because they used excessive force in a situation in which no force was required.

Watch more above, and read more about the disturbing incident.

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