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EASTERN AIR LINES, INC. v. AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY

No. 19742.

321 F.2d 683 (1963)

EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., Appellant, v. AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY and Insurance Company of North America, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 9, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. R. Christovich, Jr., Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Harry B. Kelleher, Carl J. Schumacher, Jr., Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, La., for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON, WISDOM and GEWIN, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

This lawsuit arises out of the crash of an Eastern Air Lines Douglas DC-7 passenger plane at Moisant Airport, New Orleans, Louisiana.

In the early hours of the morning of January 15, 1959, Eastern Air Lines Flight 545 was coming into Moisant Airport for a landing. The weather in the New Orleans area was marginal — foggy, but within the minimum atmospheric conditions the Federal Aeronautical Association approves for a landing....

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