Legal Opinion
Richards v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 25, 1960No. Nos. 6378-6391PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRATTON, Circuit Judge.
A passenger airplane owned and operated by American Airlines on a regularly scheduled flight crashed in Missouri and everyone on board was killed. Invoking pertinent provisions of the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346, 1402, and the so-called Wrongful Death Statutes of Oklahoma, O.S.1951, Title 12, chapter 17, § 1051 et seq., survivors or legal representatives of passengers who lost their lives instituted in the United States Court for Northern Oklahoma fourteen separate actions against the United States for the recovery of damages. The basis of the claim…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. Union Trust Company, United States of America v. Union Trust CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- Hess v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Nelms Ex Rel. Nelms v. BrightSupreme Court of Missouri · 1957
- Conklin v. Canadian-Colonial Airways, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1935
- Hunter v. Derby Foods, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Glick Ex Rel. McGinty v. Ballentine Produce Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1965
- Robert Fred Swearngin v. Sears Roebuck & Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1967
- Marian E. Bartch v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1964
- Marilyn W. Pearson, as Administratrix of the Goods, Chattels, and Credits of John S. Pearson, Deceased v. Northeast Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Ruth Crowder, Mother and Next Friend of Walter Paul Crowder and David Douglas Crowder, Minors v. Gordons Transports, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
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