In Re: Air Crash Off Long Island, New York, on July 17, 1996

209 F.3d 200 (2nd Cir. 2000)

IN RE: AIR CRASH OFF LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, ON JULY 17, 1996

Docket No. 98-9622

August Term 1999

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT

Argued: September 8, 1999

Decided: March 29, 2000

Appeal from judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Robert W. Sweet, J., denying defendants' motion to dismiss nonpecuniary damages. Held, the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C. app. 761-767 (DOHSA) does not apply to a crash occurring about eight miles from the coast of the United States, in United States territorial waters.

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