UNITED AIR LINES, INC. v. WIENER

Nos. 18510-18533, 18866-18872.

335 F.2d 379 (1964)

UNITED AIR LINES, INC., Appellant, v. Janice WIENER et al. and Catherine B. Nollenberger, et al. (excluding Faith C. Paris et al.), Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Janice WIENER et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 11, 1964.

Certiorari Dismissed December 16, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh B. Rotchford, James J. McCarthy, Chase, Rotchford, Downen & Drukker, Pierce Works, William W. Vaughn, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant-cross appellee United Air Lines, Inc.

Francis C. Whelan, U. S. Atty., Donald A. Fareed, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chief of Civil Section, Donald J. Merriman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee-cross appellant United States of America.

Frank Belcher, Belcher, Henzie & Fargo, Ben. Margolis, Margolis & McTernan, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellees.

Before POPE, HAMLEY and JERTBERG, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Dismissed December 16, 1964. See 85 S.Ct. 452.

JERTBERG, Circuit Judge.

These appeals are from judgments in thirty-one cases arising out of a mid-air collision between a DC-7 propeller driven commercial airliner owned and operated by United Air Lines (hereinafter "United") and an F-100F United States Air Force jet fighter. The collision occurred on April 21, 1958, near Las Vegas, Nevada. The DC-7 was carrying 42 passengers and a crew of 5; the jet...

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