Legal Opinion
Weinstein v. Eastern Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 26, 1963No. Nos. 14023-14029PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIGGS, Chief Judge.
This appeal raises the novel and interesting question of whether an action for wrongful death arising out of the crash of an aircraft in navigable waters within one marine league from shore lies within the admiralty jurisdiction of the United States.
At approximately five o’clock in the afternoon of October 4, 1960, Eastern Airlines Flight No. 375, a land-based *760Lockheed Electra aircraft, took off from Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, on a scheduled flight to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Shortly after becoming airborne, the aircraft crashed into the…
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