Legal Opinion
In re Air Crash Disaster
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided November 5, 1975No. 221PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
Before ALFRED P. MURRAH *, Chairman, and JOHN MINOR WISDOM, EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER, JOSEPH S. LORD, III, and STANLEY A. WEIGEL, Judges of the Panel. PER CURIAM.
A Lockheed C-5A aircraft, owned and operated by the United States Air Force, crashed shortly after takeoff from the Saigon Airport in the closing days of the Vietnam War. The plane, carrying over 300 persons, was evacuating Vietnamese orphans in the so-called “Baby-Lift.” One hundred fifty-five people died as a result of the crash.
Five actions arising out of this tragedy are thus far…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- In Re Air Crash Disaster at Fla. Everglades, Dec. 29, 1972United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1973
- In Re Air Crash Disaster Near Papeete, TahitiUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1975
- In Re Air Crash Disaster Near Upperville, VirginiaUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1975
- In re Delta Airlines Crash at Boston, Massachusetts, on July 31, 1973United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1974
- In re Air Crash Disaster at Pago Pago, American Samoa, On January 30, 1974United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1974
3Cited by8 opinions
- Schneider v. Lockheed Aircraft Corp.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- Pray v. Lockheed Aircraft Corp.District Court, District of Columbia · 1986
- In Re Air Crash Disaster Near Chicago, Etc.United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1979
- In Re Korean Air Lines Disaster of September 1, 1983United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1983
- In Re Air Crash Disaster at Taipei International AirportUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1977
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