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IN RE AIR CRASH DISASTER AT NEW ORLEANS (MOISANT FIELD), LOUISIANA ON MARCH 20, 1969.

No. 75-2066.

544 F.2d 270 (1976)

In re AIR CRASH DISASTER AT NEW ORLEANS (MOISANT FIELD), LOUISIANA ON MARCH 20, 1969. Mary I. CATES et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided October 14, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Causey, Memphis, Tenn., Lee S. Kreindler, New York City, Robert L. Dobbs, George T. Lewis, Jr., Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Thomas F. Turley, Jr., U. S. Atty., W. Hickman Ewing, Jr., Memphis, Tenn., Elliot Marks, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee.

Before EDWARDS, McCREE and MILLER, Circuit Judges.

EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b) (1970), brought by representatives of the estates of nine men who were killed in the crash of an unscheduled airplane at the New Orleans International Airport (Moisant Field) in New Orleans, Louisiana, on March 20, 1969. Appellants alleged proximate negligence on the part of the Federal Aviation Administration (hereinafter FAA) air controllers...

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