In Re KOREAN AIR LINES DISASTER OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1983. Appeal of Plaintiffs Steering Committee

U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit · Decided 1987-09-25

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RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge: This case arises out of an air disaster and raises turbulent federal questions. On September 1, 1983, Korean Air Lines (KAL) Flight 007, a commercial craft departing from Kennedy Airport in New York and bound for Seoul, South Korea, was destroyed over the Sea of Japan by Soviet Union military a…

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