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HAMILTON v. UNITED STATES

Nos. C-48398, C-48454, C-48618 and C-50802.

343 F.Supp. 426 (1971)

Alec S. HAMILTON, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. James P. VAN GILDER, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. Deborah Ann WHITLOW et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. LEWIS & CLARK TRADING CO. et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, N. D. California.

October 22, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Browning, Jr., U. S. Atty., William B. Spohn, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., Raymond D. Battocchi, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant & 3rd party plaintiff United States.

Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff Lewis & Clark Trading Co.

Hoberg, Finger, Brown & Abramson, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff Alec S. Hamilton, Jr.

Ned Good, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff Deborah Ann Whitlow.

Nichols, Williams, Morgan & Digardi, Oakland, Cal., for plaintiff James P. Van Gilder.

Ropers, Majeski, Kohn, Bentley & Wagner, Redwood City, Cal., for 3rd party defendant James P. Van Gilder.

Bennett, Van de Poel, Campbell & Ginder, Oakland, Cal., for 3rd party defendants California Aviation Services, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

CONTI, District Judge.

These actions arise out of the mid-air collision of two small twin-engined planes, a Piper Apache and a Cessna 310, at a point about one-half mile from the threshold of Runway 27 at Oakland Airport on Friday, February 17, 1967. At the time of the accident, about 2.30 p.m., Visual Flight Rules (VFR) were in effect. Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Whitlow, the two pilots in the Cessna 310,1 were...

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