Wilson v. Transocean Airlines

Decided April 15, 1954. Louis Earl Goodman wrote the opinion for the court.

121 F. Supp. 85 · Cited 80 times

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• The Hamilton · 207 U.S. 398
• The Harrisburg · 119 U.S. 199
• Lambert Run Coal Co. v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad · 258 U.S. 377
• Western Fuel Co. v. Garcia · 257 U.S. 233
• Just v. Chambers · 312 U.S. 383
• Lindgren v. United States · 281 U.S. 38
• Oceanic Steam Navigation Co. v. Mellor · 233 U.S. 718
• Batkiewicz v. Seas Shipping Co. · 53 F. Supp. 802
• SHERLOCK v. Alling, AdmInistrator · 93 U.S. 99
• Steamboat Co. v. Chase · 83 U.S. 522
• Lacey v. L. W. Wiggins Airways, Inc. · 95 F. Supp. 916
• Echavarria v. Atlantic & Caribbean Steam Nav. Co. · 10 F. Supp. 677
• Bugden v. Trawler Cambridge, Inc. · 319 Mass. 315
• Iafrate v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique · 106 F. Supp. 619
• Mahler v. Norwich & New York Transportation Co. · 35 N.Y. 352
• Powers v. Cunard S. S. Co. · 32 F.2d 720
• Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. v. City of Monterey · 6 F.2d 893
• Egan v. Donaldson Atlantic Line, Ltd. · 37 F. Supp. 909

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