Legal Opinion
The City of Flagstaff, a Municipal Corporation v. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, a Foreign Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 28, 1983No. 82-5307PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:
The question before us is whether a municipality which commits police, fire, and other relief measures to a major emergency may recover the costs of those services from the tortfeasor who caused the accident. This diversity case requires our interpretation of Arizona law, where the issue appears to be one of first impression. If a later case presents the same question to Arizona’s own courts, their resolution will be definitive, not ours; but having the case before us, we must decide it as we think the Arizona courts would. Edwards v. American Home Assurance Co., 361…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- United States v. Standard Oil Co. Of CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co.California Supreme Court · 1944
- Wyandotte Transportation Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Union Oil Company v. James J. Oppen and John J. MastersonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by40 opinions
- District of Columbia, a Municipal Corporation v. Air Florida, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- In the Matter of Oil Spill by the Amoco Cadiz Off the Coast of France on March 16, 1978Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- City of Chicago v. Beretta U.S.A. Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 2004
- Cincinnati v. Beretta U.S.A. Corp.Ohio Supreme Court · 2002
- Canyon County v. Syngenta Seeds, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2008
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