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UNITED AIR LINES, INC. v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 2043.

192 F.Supp. 796 (1961)

UNITED AIR LINES, INC., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court D. Delaware.

February 21, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Tunnell, Jr., Harvey S. Kronfeld and Richard H. Allen of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Del., David L. Corbin, of Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, for plaintiff.

Leonard G. Hagner, U. S. Atty., Wilmington, Del., Max F. Deutz, Chief Asst. U. S. Atty., Southern District of California, Los Angeles, Cal., Max L. Kane and Milan M. Dostal, Attys. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant.

CALEB M. WRIGHT, Chief Judge.

United Air Lines, Inc. (United), a Delaware corporation, instituted the present action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1346(b), to recover damages allegedly resulting from a mid-air collision over Nevada between a United plane and a jet aircraft owned and operated by the United States Air Force. There were no survivors. A substantial counterclaim has been interposed by defendant for the loss of its aircraft and as...

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