Legal Opinion
Popkin v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 6, 1962No. Civ. A. 28664, 28741, 28762-28764, 28788, 28789, 29099, 29100, 29159-29162, 29274, 29275, 29615, 29616, 29724, 29768-29884, 29901, 30078, 30079, 30200, 30230, 30257-30260, 30263, 30266, 30284, 30288, 30289, 30300-30306, 30343, 30344, 30346 and 321, 323, 325, 327, 329, 335 and 375 of 1961PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN DUSEN, District Judge.
These 55 cases, 1 involving fatal and, as to three plaintiffs, non-fatal injuries suffered when an Electra airplane manufactured by Lockheed, having engines made by General Motors, and owned and operated by Eastern, crashed approximately one minute after take-off in Boston Harbor on October 4, 1960, are before the court on Motions to Transfer under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1404(a). There are 114 similar cases pending in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (see Document No. 30 in C.A. 30078). The record in these cases (see, particularly, statements…
2Cases cited59 opinions
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- Richards v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Hoffman v. BlaskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Norwood v. KirkpatrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Van Dusen v. BarrackSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Rapp v. Van DusenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Windmere Corp. v. Remington Products, Inc.District Court, S.D. Florida · 1985
- Popkin v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1966
- A. C. Samford, Inc. v. United StatesDistrict Court, M.D. Georgia · 1963
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