Legal Opinion
Rapp v. Van Dusen
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 10, 1965No. Nos. 14927, 14929 and 14934PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FREEDMAN, Circuit Judge.
These three petitions for writs of mandamus or prohibition, or both, were argued together and will be disposed of in one opinion.
On October 4, 1960, an Electra airplane crashed into Boston Harbor a few seconds after takeoff on its scheduled flight to Philadelphia. Numerous suits for the deaths and injuries which resulted were brought in the United States District Courts for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the District of Massachusetts. The various defendants in these proceedings were Eastern Airlines, Inc., the owner and operator of the plane, Lockheed…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Van Dusen v. BarrackSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Roche v. Evaporated Milk Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Griffith v. United Air Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- La Buy v. Howes Leather Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Ex Parte FaheySupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by86 opinions
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- David R. Ruiz, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee v. W. J. Estelle, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Sporck v. PeilCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- In Re School Asbestos Litigation. Pfizer Inc. v. The Honorable James McGirr Kelly, Nominal Barnwell School District No. 45, School District of Lancaster, Manheim Township School District, Lampeter-Strasburg School District, Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools, and a Conditionally Certified Class, Lac D'AmiAnte Du Quebec, Ltee., Intervenor. Kaiser Cement Corporation v. The Honorable James McGirr Kelly, Nominal School District of Lancaster, Manheim Township School District, Lampeter-Strasburg School District, Lac D'AmiAnte Du Quebec, Ltee, Intervenor. Acands, Inc. v. The Honorable James McGirr Kelly, Nominal Barnwell School District No. 45, Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools, and a Conditionally Certified Class, Lac D'AmiAnte Du Quebec, Ltee, Intervenor. Asten Group, Inc. v. The Honorable James McGirr Kelly, Nominal Barnwell School District No. 45, Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools, and a Conditionally Certified Class, Lac D'AmiAnte Du Quebec, Ltee, Intervenor. W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. v. The Honorable James McGirr Kelly, Nominal Barnwell School District No. 45, School District of Lancaster, Manheim Township School District, Lampeter-Strasburg School District, Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools, and a Conditionally Certified Class, Asten Group, Inc., Dana Corporation, Pfizer, Inc., Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, and W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. v. The Honorable James McGirr Kelly, Nominal Barnwell School District No. 45, School District of Lancaster, Manheim Township School District, Lampeter-Strasburg School District, Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools, and a Conditionally Certified Class, Georgia-Pacific Corporation v. The Honorable James McGirr Kelly, Nominal School District of Lancaster, Manheim Township School District, Lampeter-Strasburg School District, and a Conditionally Certified Class, Kaiser Cement Corporation v. The Honorable James McGirr Kelly, Nominal School District of Lancaster, Manheim Township School District, Lampeter-Strasburg School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- Birdie Mae Davis, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor, Edwin Foster, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County, James E. Buskey v. Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County, Birdie Mae Davis, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor, James E. Buskey, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant v. Board of School Commissioners of Mobile CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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