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Higginbotham v. Mobil Oil Corporation

District Court, W.D. Louisiana

Decided April 25, 1973No. Civ. A. 13954, 13958, 15316 and 15326PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NAUMAN S. SCOTT, District Judge:

These four actions were brought by the representatives of the pilot, Joseph Clyde Long, Jr. (Long), and three passengers, Marshall K. Higginbotham (Higginbotham), James Lex Shinn (Shinn) and James E. Nation (Nation), of a helicopter which crashed on August 15, 1967 in the Gulf of Mexico about 100 miles south of Morgan City, Louisiana. The aircraft was a Bell helicopter, Model 206A Jet Ranger, Serial No. 46 (the 46th such craft sold by Bell) bearing the official registration number N7846S. The aircraft was only two months old at the time of the crash, having…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City of ClevelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Kermarec v. Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  4. The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  5. The HarrisburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1886

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Mobil Oil Corp. v. HigginbothamSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Carolyn Roberts, Individually v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
  3. Joyce St. Hilaire Moye v. Emmett Henderson and Doris CollinsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
  4. Higginbotham v. Mobil Oil Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  5. In the Matter of the Complaint of Sincere Navigation Corporation, as Owner of the S/s Helena, for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability and the Oceanus Mutual Underwriting Association, Ltd. Sincere Navigation Corporation and the Oceanus Mutual Underwriting Association, Ltd. v. United States of America, Virginia O'quinn, Individually and as Administratrix of the Succession of Walton E. O'Quinn and Natural Tutrix of the Minor, Cathleen Caprice O'quinn, Cross-Appellant v. The Oceanus Mutual Underwriting Association, Ltd., Cross-Appellees. United States of America, Cross-Appellant v. S/s Helena, Her Engines, Etc., in Rem and Sincere Navigation Corporation, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976

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