Legal Opinion
McNally v. Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 14, 2005No. Docket Nos. 03-7698(L), 03-7736, 03-7699, 03-7700, 03-7724, 03-7743, 03-7749, 03-7756, 03-7757, 03-7758, 03-7760, 03-7761, 03-7778, 03-7784, 03-7785, 03-7786, 03-7789, 03-9157, 03-9163, 03-9165, 03-9167, 03-9173, 03-9175, 03-9177, 03-9183, 03-9187, 03-9193, 03-9195PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEARSE, Circuit Judge.
The present appeals raise questions ,as to federal-court jurisdiction over claims relating to respiratory injuries suffered by rescue and clean-up workers as a result of exposure to toxins and other contaminants in the aftermath of terrorists’ hijacking of two airplanes and using them to cause the destruction of the New York City World Trade Center’s twin 110-story towers oh September 11, 2001. Plaintiffs in the present actions, which have been consolidated for purposes of these appeals, originally asserted such claims under New York State law in New York State Supreme…
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