Legal Opinion
Farrell v. Wyatt
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 18, 1969No. 495, Docket 33246PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:
In July 1967, a Boeing 727 jet airplane collided with a smaller Cessna 310 aircraft over Hendersonville, North Carolina. There were 74 passengers and five crew members in the larger plane and two passengers and the pilot in the smaller. All were killed. That tragedy led to various lawsuits, one of which is the subject of this petition for a writ of mandamus or prohibition by plaintiffs-administrators. The petition seeks to vacate two orders of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Inzer B. Wyatt, J., which transferred an action to the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Van Dusen v. BarrackSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- McSparran v. WeistCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- Magnetic Engineering & Manufacturing Co. v. Dings Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
- Thomas F. Drabik v. Honorable Thomas F. Murphy, United States District JudgeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
- Foster-Milburn Co. v. Knight, Chief JudgeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- Tolson v. HodgeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
- Songbyrd, Inc. v. Estate of Albert B. Grossman, Doing Business as Bearsville Records, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
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