Legal Opinion
Gabel v. Hughes Air Corp.
District Court, C.D. California
Decided October 12, 1972No. Civ. A. Nos. 71-1431-PH, 71-1595-PH and 72-1-PH, M.D.L. No. 106PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RE CLASS ACTION
PEIRSON M. HALL, District Judge.
On February 23, 1972 the plaintiffs filed a motion that the above three actions, which had been severed as to damages and consolidated on the issue of liability alone, be maintained as class actions, the class to consist of all persons having a right to be compensated in damages as a result of any passenger killed in the June 6, 1971 collision between an Air West DC-9 jet liner, Flight 706, out of Los Angeles and a United States military jet near Duarte, California.
All the passengers, 44, of Air West plane and all the crew,…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. SherwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Rosado v. WymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Snyder v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Eisen v. Carlisle & JacquelinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Vincent v. Hughes Air West, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
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