Legal Opinion
Virginia J. King, as Administratrix of the Estate of John Elvins King v. Pan American World Airways, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 8, 1959No. 16298_1PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERTBERG, Circuit Judge.
Appellant appeals from the final decree of the district court granting appellee’s motion for a summary judgment in its favor. Jurisdiction of the district court was based on U.S.C. Title 28, Section 1333. Jurisdiction of this Court to review such decree is found in U.S.C. Title 28, Sections 1291 and 1294.
The parties agree that the sole and narrow question presented to this Court is whether the California Workmen’s Compensation Act ousted the district court of jurisdiction to entertain a suit in admiralty against an employer for wrongful death under the Death on the…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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3Cited by16 opinions
- 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
- Weinstein v. Eastern Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
- Stoddard v. Ling-Temco-Vought, Inc.District Court, C.D. California · 1981
- Dugas v. National Aircraft Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- Noel v. United Aircraft Corp.District Court, D. Delaware · 1962
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