Legal Opinion
In Re Beverly Hills Fire Litigation
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided May 13, 1986No. 2:08-misc-02006PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
WILHOIT, District Judge.
BACKGROUND
This opinion deals with a petition for attorneys fees and expenses of litigation relating to the worst disaster in the history of the Commonwealth of Kentucky — and that was the May 28, 1977, fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky. 1 The fire claimed 165 lives and injured another 116 employees and patrons. Hopefully, this opinion will constitute the closing chapter of that conflagration.
This tragedy brought about a flurry of lawsuits filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and in…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Blum v. StensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Deborah A. Northcross, Cross-Appellees v. Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools, Cross-Appellants, and City of Memphis, Added Cross-Appellants. Deborah A. Northcross, Cross-Appellees v. Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- Lindy Bros. Builders, Inc. Of Philadelphia v. American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Roberts v. Texaco, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1997
- Enterprise Energy Corp. v. Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.District Court, S.D. Ohio · 1991
- Red Hed Oil, Inc. v. H.T. Hackney Co.District Court, E.D. Kentucky · 2017
- Brody v. HellmanColorado Court of Appeals · 2007
- In re Shell Oil RefineryDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1993
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