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EASTERN AIR LINES, INC. v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORP.

No. 74-2235.

532 F.2d 957 (1976)

EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross Appellee, v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee-Cross Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 17, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Smythe Gambrell, James H. Bratton, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., Charles A. Kimbrell, William G. Bell, Jr., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant-cross appellee.

Veryl L. Riddle, Thomas C. Walsh, St. Louis, Mo., William S. Frates, Larry S. Stewart, James D. Little, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellee-cross appellant.

Before JONES, WISDOM and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

This important Florida diversity case involves an appeal from a judgment for damages for breach of contract in favor of Eastern Air Lines against McDonnell Douglas Aircraft, Inc. based on a jury verdict in Eastern's favor for the sum of $24,552,659.11 plus costs of $241,149.02—one of the largest jury verdicts ever reviewed by this Court. Involved is a series of contracts covering the years 1965-1968 by which

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