Legal Opinion
In Re Multidistrict Civil Actions Involving the Air Crash Disaster
District Court, S.D. Ohio
Decided September 29, 1972No. 3834 MLPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
WEINMAN, Chief Judge.
On March 9, 1967 a DC-9 passenger aircraft owned and operated by Trans World Airlines, Inc. and a Beech Baron aircraft owned and operated by the Tann Company collided in mid-air near Dayton, Ohio. As a result of this air disaster, all occupants of both planes were killed. Numerous civil actions seeking recovery for alleged wrongful death and property damage were filed in this Court, other federal district courts and in various state courts across the country. Six actions pending in other federal district courts were transferred to this Court by…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Van Dusen v. BarrackSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Hanna v. PlumerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Guaranty Trust Co. v. YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Guaranty Trust Co. v. YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Aerojet-General Corp. v. AskewCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- James S. Gerrard v. William G. Larsen, Special Administrator of the Estate of Jack K. Gibbens, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- George H. Humphreys, Administrator of the Estate of John S. Humphreys, Deceased, and George H. Humphreys, Individually v. Herman TannCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
- Fraley v. American Cyanamid Co.District Court, D. Colorado · 1983
- Aerojet-General Corporation v. AskewCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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