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Regulation Of Business - Jurisdiction Of The Civil Aeronautics Board And The Federal Trade Commission - Investigations In The Interest Of The Public, Robert W. Steele S.Ed. Dec 1956

Regulation Of Business - Jurisdiction Of The Civil Aeronautics Board And The Federal Trade Commission - Investigations In The Interest Of The Public, Robert W. Steele S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Petitioner, American Airlines, filed a memorandum with the Civil Aeronautics Board requesting that respondent's request for registration of the name North American Airlines be denied. Section 411 of the Civil Aeronautics Act provides that the board has the authority to prevent air carriers from engaging in unfair methods of competition in commerce and unfair or deceptive acts or practices, and may issue a complaint against any air carrier when it shall appear to the board that a proceeding by it would be in the interest of the public. The board found that the public was confused as to the origin …


Negligence-Res Ipsa Loquitur-Applicability To Airplane Crashes, Karl R. Ross Apr 1949

Negligence-Res Ipsa Loquitur-Applicability To Airplane Crashes, Karl R. Ross

Michigan Law Review

In an action for the wrongful death of an airplane passenger killed in a crash of a commercial airliner, plaintiff relied upon specific acts of negligence and the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur. Defendant moved to strike from the complaint all allegations pertaining to res ipsa loquitur, on the ground that the doctrine did not apply to airplane crashes. Held, motion denied. Smith v. Pennsylvania Central Airline Corp., (D.C. D.C. 1948) 76 F. Supp. 940.


Common Carrier--Aeroplane As Common Carrier--Limitation Of Liability, Robert W. Burk Feb 1934

Common Carrier--Aeroplane As Common Carrier--Limitation Of Liability, Robert W. Burk

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Law Of The Air, Byron K. Elliott Dec 1930

Law Of The Air, Byron K. Elliott

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Aerial Navigation Nov 1930

Aerial Navigation

Michigan Law Review

With the rapid increase of the use of the air by airplanes and other craft, courts are bound to be called upon frequently to determine the rights and liabilities of the owners and operators of aircraft with reference to other persons in various positions. It is probable that, as was found to be true in the cases of other new devices, the principles of the common law are sufficiently elastic and adaptable to determine the settlement of most, if not all, of the controversies.