Legal Opinion
Gatenby v. Altoona Aviation Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 19, 1968No. 17186PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judge.
This is a case, arising under Federal diversity jurisdiction, where an airplane in which the plaintiffs’ decedents1 were passengers crashed and all persons were killed.
On December 8, 1963, at 1:00 P.M., Mark Riguette, the pilot of a single engine air charter plane, owned and operated by the defendants, took off from Peterson Field2 to pick up two passengers at Washington, D. C., National Airport. While en route to Washington, he received a weather briefing from the Phillipsburg flight service station 3 indicating that a cold front was moving from…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Griffith v. United Air Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- Ex Parte PetersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Galloway v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Neville Chemical Company v. Union Carbide CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Fireman's Fund Insurance Co., in No. 75-2405 v. Videfreeze Corporation, and David E. Chinnery Development Corp., Inno. 75-2406Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- Hanover Insurance v. SuttonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1999
- Link v. Mercedes-Benz of North America, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
- In re N-500L CasesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
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