# McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. United States District Court

> Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · May 27, 1975 · 523 F.2d 1083

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8897466

## Case

- **Full name:** McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR the CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent Geraldine L. FLANAGAN, Real Parties in Interest UNITED STATES of America v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR the CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent Geraldine L. FLANAGAN, Real Parties in Interest Geraldine L. FLANAGAN v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant Geraldine L. FLANAGAN v. United States
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- **Decided:** May 27, 1975
- **Citations:** 523 F.2d 1083; 20 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 11; 1975 U.S. App. LEXIS 14531
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Chamberswrightkennedy
- **Judges:** Chambers, Consideration, Disposition, Ely, Hufstedler, Kennedy, Schnacke, Suggestion, Wallace, Wright
- **Cited by:** 26 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

CHAMBERS, WRIGHT and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges,
dissenting from the refusal to rehear en banc.
We cannot say the decision in this case is contrary to prior decisions of this Court.
But the issue is of tremendous importance to the surviving dependents of the victims of air crashes, and the result is one that hurts them. We think we should take it en banc.
It will be interesting to have figures in the months to come on how the decision slows down speedy dispositions.

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