Legal Opinion
In Re Air Crash Disaster at Gander, Newfoundland
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided April 20, 1987No. MDL 683PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHNSTONE, Chief Judge.
This matter is before the court upon Arrow Air Corporation's, Batch Air Corporation’s, and World Air Incorporated’s Motions to Dismiss for lack of in personam jurisdiction. Plaintiffs claim both diversity jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1332, and federal question jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331.
FACTS
This litigation was precipitated by the crash of Flight 950, a McDonnell-Douglas DC-8, owned by Arrow Air Corporation and chartered by the Multinational Force and Observers (the MFO). At the time of its crash, Flight 950 was transporting two hundred and…
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