Trans World Airlines v. Curtiss-Wright Corp., CURTISS-WRIGHT
| Decision Date | 12 June 1956 |
| Docket Number | CURTISS-WRIGHT |
| Parties | TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, Inc., Plaintiff, v.CORPORATION, Wright Aeronautical Corporation, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation and United Aircraft Corporation, Defendants. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Defendant-Appellant, Trans World Airlines, Inc., Plaintiff-Respondent. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
G. W. Clark, New York City, for defendant-appellant.
R. D. Ray, New York City, for plaintiff-respondent.
Order unanimously affirmed with $20 costs and disbursements to the respondent. No opinion. See also, 1 Misc.2d 477, 148 N.Y.S.2d 284.
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