Legal Opinion
Downs v. United States
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided April 8, 1974No. Civ. A. 6642PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MORTON, District Judge.
This is a suit against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act 2 arising out of an incident of air piracy which occurred on October 4, 1971. The hijacker commandeered a chartered twin-engined aircraft in Nashville, Tennessee, and holding his estranged wife, a male associate, and two pilots hostage, proceeded towards the Bahamas. The aircraft landed for fuel in Jacksonville, Florida, and was confronted by waiting agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The agents refused the hijacker’s demands for fuel and ultimately disabled the aircraft by…
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