FINLEY V. UNITED STATES
490 U.S. 545 (1989)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was a suit about negligence that caused the death of three
people and a review of a reversal of a decision to allow joinder of parties.
FACTS: Finley's (P) husband and two children were flying in a twin-engine plane when it
struck electrical transmission lines on its approach to a San Diego airfield. They were
killed in the crash. P sued San Diego Gas and Electric Company, and the city of San Diego in
state court. P later discovered that the FAA was also to blame and sued them in federal
court on the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U.S.C. section 1346(b)). Almost a year later, she
moved to amend her federal complaint to include claims against the original state court
defendants as to which no independent basis for federal jurisdiction existed. That motion
was granted by the District Court upon a finding that judicial economy and efficiency
favored trying the actions together as they arose from a common nucleus of operative facts.
The Ninth Circuit reversed and the Supreme Court granted certiorari.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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