A federal court in Texas has dismissed a criminal case against Boeing related to two crashes of 737 Max planes that killed 346 people, CNBC reports. The decision was made at the request of the U.S. Justice Department despite doubts about whether the prosecution should be dismissed, according to the judge.

Boeing shares jumped about 2% in New York trading before losing some of their gains and were trading up 0.5% at the time of this text's publication.

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