Legal Opinion

Maloof v. United States

District Court, D. Maryland

Decided June 2, 1965No. Civ. A. 13338PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NORTHROP, District Judge.

Fred N. Maloof (Maloof) instituted this action to recover damages for injuries to his property as a result of fire on April 12, 1960. He claims that the Norfolk Dredging Company (Norfolk) and the United States (the Government), defendants herein, negligently allowed a fire to spread from property of the Government to his property.

The Government had acquired property in the area of Oxon Hill, Maryland, for a highway interchange and approaches to the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge which spans the Potomac just south of Alexandria, Virginia.

At the time of the fire Norfolk…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
  2. United States v. County of AlleghenySupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. Williams v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  4. Keitz v. National Paving & Contracting Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1957
  5. Peak Drilling Co. v. Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1954

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3Cited by13 opinions

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  2. Weld County Bd. of County Com'rs v. SlovekSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
  3. Trinity Church in the City v. John Hancock Mut. L. Ins.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
  4. Rector of St. Christopher's Episcopal Church v. C. S. McCrossan, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1975
  5. Fisher v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1969

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