Legal Opinion
Somlo v. United States
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided June 23, 1967No. 64 C 2179, 65 C 5PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MAROVITZ, District Judge.
This case, brought against the Government under the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U.S.C. Sec. 1346(b) ), arises out of the crash of a Cessna 310, twin-engine light plane, which occurred in Chicago on January 2, 1963, about eight miles east of O’Hare Airport. The pilot in command was Thomas G. Somlo, one of the plaintiffs. The plane was owned by Somlo’s corporation, Progress for Vending, Inc., another plaintiff herein. In addition to Mr. Somlo, aboard were his wife Ginette, their two small children, his mother-in-law, and the family maid. Only Mr. Somlo…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Indian Towing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. Union Trust Company, United States of America v. Union Trust CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- United States v. SchultetusCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- United States v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
- Allegheny Airlines, Inc., Civil Aeronautics Board and Administrator of Civil Aeronautics, Intervenors-Appellees v. Village of CedarhurstCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Joan M. Spaulding v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- Gill v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Dyer v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1982
- Mallen v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1979
- Michelmore v. United StatesDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1969
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