U.S. District Court / S.D. New York

Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hughes

Decided April 13, 1970. Charles Miller Metzner wrote the opinion for the court.

312 F. Supp. 478 · Cited 59 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc. · 365 U.S. 127
Montague & Co. v. Lowry · 193 U.S. 38
Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hughes · 308 F. Supp. 679
Noerr Motor Freight, Inc. v. Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference · 166 F. Supp. 163
Farmington Dowel Products Co. v. Forster Mfg. Co. · 297 F. Supp. 924
Osborn v. Sinclair Refining Company · 207 F. Supp. 856
Union Leader Corporation v. Newspapers of New England, Inc. · 218 F. Supp. 490
Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hughes · 214 F. Supp. 106
Decorative Stone Co. v. Building Trades Council of Westchester County · 23 F.2d 426
Alden-Rochelle, Inc. v. American Soc. of Composers, Authors & Publishers · 80 F. Supp. 888
Hanover Shoe, Inc. v. United Shoe MacHinery Corporation · 245 F. Supp. 258
Bergjans Farm Dairy Co. v. Sanitary Milk Producers · 241 F. Supp. 476
Cape Cod Food Products, Inc. v. National Cranberry Ass'n · 119 F. Supp. 242
Ring v. Spina · 84 F. Supp. 403

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