Legal Opinion
Pierpoint v. Barnes
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 5, 1996No. 925, Docket 95-7736PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs represent the estates and dependents of three individuals who were killed when the private airplane in which they were flying went down thirty-seven miles off the New Jersey shore. They filed suit in Connecticut state court. Defendant removed the case to federal court on the grounds that plaintiffs’ claim arose under a law of the United States, namely the Death on the High Seas Act (“DOHSA”), 46 U.S.C. §§ 761 et seq. Plaintiffs timely moved to remand the case to state court. This motion was granted by the district court on the ground that DOHSA cases are not…
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