Legal Opinion
Wallace Higa, Administrator of the Estate of Takeichi Higa, Deceased v. Transocean Airlines, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 25, 1956No. 19-56004PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENMAN, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from a decision of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii in a diversity suit which dismissed appellant’s complaint for damages under the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 761, to be determined by a common law jury since it was brought as a common law civil suit rather than in admiralty. Jurisdiction was based on diversity of citizenship, the deceased Higa and his administrator in a Hawaiian proceeding being citizens of Hawaii, and the plane owned by a California corporation.
Takeichi Higa was a passenger on a Transocean…
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