Legal Opinion
Supine v. Compagnie Nationale Air France
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided June 8, 1955No. Civ. Nos. 11726, 11780PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALSTON, District Judge.
These are two identical motions made by the defendant in two death actions arising out of an airplane crash. The motions are (a) to vacate plaintiffs’ notice of taking depositions and (b) to quash the subpoena duces tecum served on defendant in connection therewith.
The actions arise out of the crash of defendant’s plane, the F-BAZN, on October 28, 1949, on a mountain in the Azores, Portugal. All the occupants of the plane, including the plaintiffs’ decedents and the crew, were killed in the crash. The plane was on an international transatlantic flight from Paris.
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- Compagnia Di Navigazione Mauritius Rome v. KulukundisDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1954
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