Golden Gate Bridge & Highway Dist. v. United States

MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a declaratory judgment which, in an action by appellee, the United States, against appellant, Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District of California, 1 declared that appellee is entitled to “toll free passage over [Golden Gate Bridge] and the approaches thereto for all traffic of any description by or on its behalf or by or on behalf of any of its departments or agencies on official business.”

Golden Gate Bridge and its approaches were constructed by appellant and are maintained and operated by appellant. The bridge spans a strait called the Golden…