Wills v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.

Decided December 29, 1961. William Carey Mathes wrote the opinion for the court.

200 F. Supp. 360 · Cited 85 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.

• Aircraft & Diesel Equipment Corp. v. Hirsch · 331 U.S. 752
• Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. Prentice · 147 U.S. 101
• Myers v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. · 303 U.S. 41
• Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Rigsby · 241 U.S. 33
• Texas & NOR Co. v. Brotherhood of Ry. & Steamship Clerks · 281 U.S. 548
• Tunstall v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen · 323 U.S. 210
• Barry v. Edmunds · 116 U.S. 550
• Allen v. Grand Central Aircraft Co. · 347 U.S. 535
• United States v. Pennsylvania R. Co. · 323 U.S. 612
• Orloff v. Los Angeles Turf Club, Inc. · 30 Cal. 2d 110
• Hobart v. Hobart Estate Co. · 26 Cal. 2d 412
• Haigler v. Donnelly · 18 Cal. 2d 674
• Greenberg v. Western Turf Assn. · 73 P. 1050
• Bell v. Hood · 71 F. Supp. 813
• Slick Airways, Inc. v. American Airlines, Inc. · 107 F. Supp. 199
• Solomon v. Pennsylvania R. Co. · 96 F. Supp. 709
• Mitchell v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. · 188 F. Supp. 869
• Braughton v. United Air Lines, Inc. · 189 F. Supp. 137

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• Kalish v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · 50 Ohio St. 2d 73
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• Nader v. Allegheny Airlines, Inc. · 445 F. Supp. 168

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