Legal Opinion
Stanford v. Kuwait Airlines Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 25, 1989No. 85 Civ. 0477(SWK), 85 Civ. 2448(SWK)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
KRAM, District Judge.
Defendant Pan American World Airlines (“Pan Am”) has brought before the Court this motion for summary judgment for lack of subject matter jurisdiction in the above-captioned cases. These wrongful death actions were brought in 1985 by the wives of William L. Stanford and Charles F. Hegna —individually and as executrixes of their respective husbands’ estates — against Kuwait Airways Corporation (“KAC”), Northwest Airlines, Inc. (“Northwest”), Pan Am, International Air Transport Association (“LATA”) and Middle East Airlines. The actions against…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Quinn v. Syracuse Model Neighborhood Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Edmund J. Smith v. Canadian Pacific Airways, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Husserl v. Swiss Air Transport Company, Ltd.District Court, S.D. New York · 1972
- Charles Kapar v. Kuwait Airways CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Jackie Pflug and Scott Pflug v. Egyptair Corporation, a New York CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- Floyd v. Eastern Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- Stanford v. Kuwait Airways Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
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