Legal Opinion
Hornsby v. Fishmeal Company
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided June 10, 1968No. Civ. A. 12745, 12843, 13090PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWIN F. HUNTER, Jr., District Judge.
These cases concern a midair collision of two light aircraft. The collision occurred over the Gulf of Mexico within one marine league of the Louisiana shore at approximately 6:50 P.M. on July 25, 1966. At the time of the collision the weather was clear. The visibility and ceiling were unlimited, and the wind was calm. As a result of the impact, both planes and the pilot of each crashed into the Gulf near the Louisiana shore. There were no survivors.
Early each morning these fish-spotting pilots take off from landbased fields near the Menhaden factories in…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Federal Crop Ins. Corp. v. MerrillSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- The HarrisburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Western Fuel Co. v. GarciaSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- The Tungus v. SkovgaardSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by5 opinions
- State v. KaatzAlaska Supreme Court · 1977
- Mrs. Barbara Jean Hornsby v. The Fish Meal Company, Jeraldine Fruge Williams v. Louisiana Menhaden Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Guilbeau v. CalzadaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1970
- Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City of ClevelandCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1971
- Executive Jet Aviation, Inc., and Executive Jet Sales, Inc. v. City of Cleveland, Ohio and Phillip A. Schwenz, and Third-Party Howard E. Dicken v. United States of America, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971