Legal Opinion
K.W. Thompson Tool Company, Inc. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 14, 1988No. 87-1536PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant, K.W. Thompson Tool Company, Inc. (KWT), filed suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680, against the United States, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and six individual former or present EPA employees, based upon alleged negligent acts and/or omissions of defendants in connection with a criminal prosecution instituted against KWT and three of its officers. With plaintiff’s consent, the district court dismissed the EPA and EPA employees as defendants. The United States filed a motion to…
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