Creator:
Speiser, Shumate, Geoghan, Krause & Rheingold.
Inclusive Dates:
1956- 1971
Abstract:
Papers of the New York City law firm, specializing in transportation law as it relates to commercial aviation. Collection includes accident reports, associated case files, Civil Aernonautics Board hearings materials, correspondence, memoranda, press releases, research and technical information, clippings, depositions, and exhibits entered as evidence. Also, material related to Stuart M. Speiser's lobbying efforts to obtain revision of the 1929 Warsaw Convention on international aviation, specifically his efforts to demonstrate the need for unlimited liability of carriers in international crashes.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Depositions.
Memorandums.
Press releases.
Subject:
Law firms.
Aeronautics.
Transportation.
Aircraft accidents.
Aeronautics -- Law and legislation.
Aeronautics -- Safety measures.
Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States.
Aeronautics, Commercial -- Law and legislation.
Law firms -- United States.
Liability for aircraft accidents -- Law and legislation.