IN RE KOREAN AIR LINES DISASTER OF SEPT. 1, 1983

No. 85-5982.

829 F.2d 1171 (1987)

In re KOREAN AIR LINES DISASTER OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1983. Appeal of Plaintiff's Steering Committee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 25, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton G. Sincoff, New York City, with whom Donald W. Madole, Washington, D.C., and Steven R. Pounian, New York City, were on the brief for appellant.

George N. Tompkins, Jr., New York City, for appellee.

Before RUTH B. GINSBURG, WILLIAMS and D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RUTH B. GINSBURG.

Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge D.H. GINSBURG, in which Circuit Judge WILLIAMS joins.

RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

This case arises out of an air disaster and raises turbulent federal questions. On September 1, 1983, Korean Air Lines (KAL) Flight 007, a commercial craft departing from Kennedy Airport in New York and bound for Seoul, South Korea, was destroyed over the Sea...

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