Legal Opinion
Mrs. Barbara Jean Hornsby v. The Fish Meal Company, Jeraldine Fruge Williams v. Louisiana Menhaden Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 6, 1970No. 26749_1PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
Time and tide do not wait, but Courts do. 1 What was a perplexing issue has been resolved by the deliverance of the Supreme Court, an event for which we hopefully waited.
This case arose from the events on a clear summer afternoon in 1966. Roy Hornsby and Charles Williams were piloting small, single engine aircraft over the Gulf of Mexico, within one marine league of the Louisiana shore and thus the Death on the High Seas by Wrongful Act statute is inapplicable. 46 U.S. C.A. § 761 et seq. Each was engaged in spotting schools of menhaden for their respective…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- The HarrisburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- The Tungus v. SkovgaardSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Grigsby v. Coastal Marine Service of Texas, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Thibodeaux v. J. Ray McDermott & Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City of ClevelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Garland Wayne Kelly and Allen Eugene Kelly, Sr. v. J. C. Smith and Chicot Land Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- James Richard Duncan v. John NelsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972
- Elaine Jones v. GriffithCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Carolyn Harris Thibodaux, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of the Minor Children, Etc. v. Atlantic Richfield CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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