Legal Opinion
Finley v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 22, 1989No. 87-1973PublishedCited by 690 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scalia
On the night of November 11, 1983, a twin-engine plane carrying petitioner’s husband and two of her children struck electric transmission lines during its approach to a San Diego, California, airfield. No one survived the resulting crash. Petitioner brought a tort action in state court, claiming that San Diego Gas and Electric Company had negligently positioned and inadequately illuminated the transmission lines, and that the city of San Diego’s negligent maintenance of the airport’s runway lights had rendered them inoperative the night of the crash. When she later discovered that the Federal…
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