Legal Opinion
Vera Zabala Clemente v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 23, 1978No. 77-1156PublishedCited by 138 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
On December 31, 1972 Roberto Clemente, two other passengers and two crewmen were killed in the crash of a private plane off the coast of Puerto Rico. Clemente, an outstanding professional baseball player, had chartered the aircraft to carry relief supplies to the victims of an earthquake in Nicaragua. Plaintiffs, the relatives and representatives of the deceased passengers, sued the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b) and 2671 et seq.), alleging that employees of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) acted negligently in failing to…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Indian Towing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Vitarelli v. SeatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- United States v. Clark Eugene HeffnerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
- Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. Union Trust Company, United States of America v. Union Trust CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
34 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by138 opinions
- Trianon Park Condominium v. City of HialeahSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
- Myers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1994
- Blessing v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
- Art metal-u.s.a., Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
- Johnson v. SawyerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
133 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.