Legal Opinion
In Re Air Crash Disaster at New Orleans (Moisant Field), Louisiana on March 20, 1969. Mary I. Cates v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 14, 1976No. 75-2066PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b) (1970), brought by representatives of the estates of nine men who were killed in the crash of an unscheduled airplane at the New Orleans International Airport (Moisant Field) in New Orleans, Louisiana, on March 20, 1969. Appellants alleged proximate negligence on the part of the Federal Aviation Administration (hereinafter FAA) air controllers at Moisant Field who had been in contact with the DC-3 before the crash. The aircraft had been leased by Avion, Inc., to one William…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Gaspard v. LeMaireSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1963
- Aeronautical Communications Equipment, Inc. v. PierceSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Joan M. Spaulding v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
- Ramona Freeman, Etc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Nora Faye Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. United States of America, Karen Haelsig McMaster Etc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
- Redhead v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- W. Hobart Pierce, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Richard L. Pierce, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
- Himmler v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1979
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