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DOWNS v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 6642.

382 F.Supp. 713 (1974)

Mrs. Brent Quinton DOWNS for herself as Executrix of the Estate of Brent Quinton Downs, and as guardian and next friend of Andrew Arthur Downs and Brent Q. Downs, II, minors, et al. v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States District Court, M. D. Tennessee, Nashville Division.

April 8, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert S. Merritt, Jr., Thomas Wardlaw Steele, Jack A. Butler, Fred Thompson, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiffs.

Charles H. Anderson, U. S. Atty., Martha A. Johnson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Nashville, Tenn., Neil R. Peterson, Trial Atty., Torts Sec., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM

MORTON, District Judge.

This is a suit against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act2 arising out of an incident of air piracy which occurred on October 4, 1971. The hijacker commandeered a chartered twin-engined aircraft in Nashville, Tennessee, and holding his estranged wife, a male associate, and two pilots hostage, proceeded towards the Bahamas. The aircraft landed for fuel in Jacksonville, Florida...

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