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Executive Jet Aviation v. City of Cleveland, 409 U.S. 249 (1972)
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Executive Jet Aviation v. City of Cleveland, 409 U.S. 249 (1972)
Executive Jet Aviation v. City of Cleveland No. 71-678 Argued November 15, 1972 Decided December 18, 1972 409 U.S. 249
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT
OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
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Petitioners, invoking federal admiralty jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1333(1), brought suit for damages resulting from the crash-landing and sinking in the navigable waters of Lake Erie of their jet aircraft shortly after takeoff from a Cleveland airport. The District Court dismissed the complaint for lack of admiralty jurisdiction on the grounds that the alleged tort had neither a maritime locality nor a maritime nexus. The Court of Appeals affirmed on the first ground.
Held: Neither the fact that an aircraft goes down on navigable waters nor that the negligence "occurs" while the aircraft is flying over such waters is sufficient to confer federal admiralty jurisdiction over aviation tort claims, and, in the absence of legislation to the contrary, such jurisdiction exists with respect to those claims only when there is a significant relationship to traditional maritime activity. Therefore, federal admiralty jurisdiction does not extend to aviation tort claims arising from flights like the one involved here between points within the continental United States. Pp. 253-274.
448 F.2d 151, affirmed.
STEWART, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Executive Jet Aviation v. City of Cleveland, 409 U.S. 249 (1972) in 409 U.S. 249 409 U.S. 250. Original Sources, accessed August 30, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9FN3WJQPN284KHB.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Executive Jet Aviation v. City of Cleveland, 409 U.S. 249 (1972), in 409 U.S. 249, page 409 U.S. 250. Original Sources. 30 Aug. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9FN3WJQPN284KHB.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Executive Jet Aviation v. City of Cleveland, 409 U.S. 249 (1972). cited in 1972, 409 U.S. 249, pp.409 U.S. 250. Original Sources, retrieved 30 August 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9FN3WJQPN284KHB.
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