Legal Opinion
Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. American Cyanamid Company and Insurance Company of North America
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 9, 1963No. 19742PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
This lawsuit arises out of the crash of an Eastern Air Lines Douglas DC-7 passenger plane at Moisant Airport, New Orleans, Louisiana.
In the early hours of the morning of January 15, 1959, Eastern Air Lines Flight 545 was coming into Moisant Airport for a landing. The weather in the New Orleans area was marginal — foggy, but within the minimum atmospheric conditions the Federal Aeronautical Association approves for a landing. Earlier in the night there had been reports of smog and smoke on the airfield, and a Delta flight, just before Eastern’s flight, had been warned…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Fontenot v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
- Mrs. Fern W. Reuter v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Devoke v. Yazoo M. v. R. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
- Givens v. De Soto Bldg. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1924
- Langham, Langston & Burnett v. Thomas B. Blanchard, Trustee of the Estate of Lone Star Sulphur Corporation, BankruptCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Porter v. American Optical Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Harry Holmes v. J. Ray McDermott & Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Arnold Bailey v. Kawasaki-Kisen, K. K.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Erma P. Berdeaux v. Gamble Alden Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Ernest Faircloth v. Lamb-Grays Harbor Company, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
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