Legal Opinion
Miller v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 27, 1984No. Nos. 82-5992, 82-6034PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:
These appeals are from orders of the district court concerning an airplane crash in which the court dismissed appellants’ complaints as being barred by the statute of limitations of the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 745. Upon examination of Supreme Court precedent and the law of other circuits, we affirm the judgments of the district court.
FACTS
On or about May 28, 1976, Chester H. Miller and James W. Lewis flew from Free-port, Bahamas, bound for Palm Beach, Florida, International Airport in a private plane. The plane crashed in international waters forty miles…
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