Legal Opinion
Miree v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 30, 1976No. Nos. 74-3670, 74-3822, 74-3864, 74-3870, 74-3881PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:
On February 26, 1973, a Lear Jet crashed shortly after take-off from the DeKalb-Peachtree Airport. The alleged cause of the crash was the ingestion of a large number of birds swarming over the airport and adjacent county garbage dump. Damage was substantial; all passengers were killed, the plane was destroyed, an individual on the ground was severely injured by burning jet fuel that fell from the disabled plane shortly before crashing, and property at the crash site was extensively damaged. Separate actions were brought by the passengers’ survivors,1 the burn…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Town of Fort Oglethorpe v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
- Cornelisen v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1917
- Sheley v. BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR THE CITY OF SAVANNAH AND THE COUNTY OF CHATHAMSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- City Council of Augusta v. ClevelandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1919
- Stewart v. Gainesville Glass Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Miree v. DeKalb CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- William Oscar Hampton v. Holmesburg Prison Officials. Appeal of Richard BurkCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- United States v. John R. Dorr and John Grant PassmoreCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Thomas E. Bowen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
- Eva Mae Roberts, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Cameron-Brown Company and Federal National Mortgage AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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