Legal Opinion
Ruth M. Noel and Wm. H. Frantz, Executors of the Estate of Marshal L. Noel, Deceased v. Linea Aeropostal Venezolana
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 9, 1957No. 368, Docket 24491PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Circuit Judge.. The narrow issue in this case is whether plaintiff may bring a civil action based on either the Warsaw Convention, 49 Stat. 3000 (1934), or the Federal Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C.A. §§ 761-767, for a death which allegedly occurred in the airspace over the high seas.
Since this case was disposed of on a dismissal of the complaint, the facts before us are those alleged in the complaint, as amended.
Plaintiffs, the executors of Marshal L. Noel’s estate and citizens of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, brought an action in the United States District Court for the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Wilson v. Transocean AirlinesDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1954
- Wallace Higa, Administrator of the Estate of Takeichi Higa, Deceased v. Transocean Airlines, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
- Wyman v. Pan American Airways, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1943
- Komlos v. Compagnie Nationale Air FranceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by65 opinions
- Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City of ClevelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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- In Re Mexico City Aircrash of October 31, 1979 Consolidated Proceedings. Gary Steve Haley, as Heir and of Deceased Theresa Yoriko Sugano Haley, Gary Steven Haley, Special Administrator for the Estate of Theresa Yoriko Sugano Haley v. Western Airlines, Inc., Blanca Estela Paz Tovar, Heir and of Deceased Regina Patricia Tovar Blanca Estela Paz Tovar, Special Administrator for the Estate of Regina Patricia Tovar, Anthony John Dzida, as Heir and of Deceased Vikki Dzida, Anthony John Dzida, Special Administrator for the Estate of Vikki Dzida, Plaintiff v. Western Airlines, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, McDonnell Douglas Company, Inc., a Maryland Corporation Estate of Charles Gilbert Sperry-Rand, Inc., Sunstrand Data Control, Inc., a Foreign Corporation Bendix Corporation, Flight Systems Division, a Delaware Corporation Rockwell International, Inc. Collins Air Transport Division, a Foreign Corporation Thompson, C.F.S., a Foreign CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Benjamins v. British European AirwaysCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Shirley J. Lindsay, of the Estate of John Douglas Lindsay, Deceased v. McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Corporation, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
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