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MIREE v. DEKALB COUNTY

No. 76-607.

433 U.S. 25 (1977)

97 S.Ct. 2490

53 L.Ed.2d 557

MIREE ET AL. v. DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 21, 1977

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan W. Heldman and J. Arthur Mozley argued the cause for petitioners in all cases. With Mr. Heldman on the briefs for petitioners in No. 76-607 were Gilbert E. Johnston and Hugh M. Dorsey. Mr. Mozley filed briefs for petitioner in No. 76-700. A. Russell Blank, Claude R. Ross, and Baxter H. Finch filed a brief for petitioner in No. 76-659. Joseph Claude Freeman, Jr., filed a brief for petitioner in No. 76-722.

F. Clay Bush argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent DeKalb County in all cases.

MR. JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

These consolidated cases arise out of the 1973 crash of a Lear Jet shortly after takeoff from the DeKalb-Peachtree Airport. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, en banc, affirmed the dismissal of petitioners' complaint against respondent DeKalb County (hereafter respondent), holding that principles of federal common law were applicable to the resolution of petitioners' breach-of-contract...

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