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UNITED STATES v. EASTERN AIR LINES

Civ. Nos. 10810, 10933.

132 F.Supp. 787 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, Inc., Defendant. EASTERN AIR LINES, Inc., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. New York.

July 15, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard P. Moore, U. S. Atty., for the Eastern Dist. of New York, Brooklyn, N. Y., By Arthur D. Hickerson, and Joseph M. Soviero, Asst. U. S. Attys., Brooklyn, N. Y., for the United States.

Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, By William J. Junkerman, New York City, and James B. McQuillan, of counsel, for Eastern Air Lines, Inc.

BYERS, District Judge.

These cases consolidated for trial resulted from the wrecking of a localizer building and serious damage to its equipment, on December 30, 1945 by the Eastern Air Lines (to be called Eastern) DC-3 plane which over-ran Runway 4, LaGuardia Field, and continued through the localizer building beyond the end of the runway and out into Flushing Bay; there it floated for a sufficient time so that all on...

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