Legal Opinion
In re Delta Airlines Crash at Boston, Massachusetts, on July 31, 1973
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided April 10, 1974No. 160PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
2Per curiam
On Jiily 31, 1973, a Delta Airlines commercial aircraft crashed while on approach for landing at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts. More than 80 persons aboard perished as a result of the crash. Certain plaintiffs and defendant Delta Airlines move the Panel for an order transferring all the litigation arising out of the crash of that ill-fated flight to the District of Massachusetts for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407. The majority of plaintiffs support transfer, but they disagree on which district is the most…
3Cases cited2 opinions
- In Re Air Crash Disaster at Fla. Everglades, Dec. 29, 1972United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1973
- In Re Air Crash Disaster at Huntington, West VirginiaUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1972
4Cited by6 opinions
- Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. United States of America, Karen Haelsig McMaster Etc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
- In re Air Crash DisasterUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1975
- In Re Air Crash Disaster Near Upperville, VirginiaUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1975
- In Re Delta Airlines Crash at Boston, Mass., 7/31/73United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1975
- In Re Air Crash Disaster Near Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, on September 20, 1973United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1976
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