Legal Opinion
Sopcak v. Northern Mountain Helicopter Services
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided October 11, 1996No. S-5914, S-5934PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EASTAUGH, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
The superior court dismissed the wrongful death and personal injury claims of Christel Gisela Sopcak, and others (collectively, Sop-eak) against Northern Mountain Helicopter Services, finding that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over those claims. Sopcak appeals, arguing that the superior court improperly applied the doctrine of collateral estoppel and that jurisdiction was proper under the Convention for Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Transportation by Air, opened for signature Oct. 12, 1929, 49 Stat. 3000, T.S. 876,…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Eastern Airlines, Inc. v. FloydSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Christel Gisela Sopcak, Milan Sopcak, Sara June Sopcak, Libuse Mlcoch, Jaraslav Lutz Maryska v. Northern Mountain Helicopter ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Mertens v. Flying Tiger Line, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- Ford v. Municipality of AnchorageAlaska Supreme Court · 1991
- Charles Kapar v. Kuwait Airways CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
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