Legal Opinion
California v. United States
District Court, N.D. California
Decided February 14, 1961No. 38511PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWEIGERT, District Judge.
This is an action brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680, to recover damages for injury to land by fire, resulting from the alleged negligence of defendant’s employees in setting and controlling the fire.
This matter is before the Court on plaintiff’s motion under Rule 34, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C., for the production, inspection and opportunity to copy certain documents, including, inter alia, an investigation report of a certain fire, occurring September 24, 1958, within the Klamath National Forest, prepared…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hickman v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Brown v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1955
- Hesch v. Erie R. Co.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 1952
3Cited by16 opinions
- Southern Railway Company v. Carl Talmadge LanhamCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Thomas Organ Co. v. Jadranska Slobodna PlovidbaDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1972
- Guilford National Bank v. Southern Railway Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
- Frederick Z. Goosman, to His Own Use and to the Use of Royal Indemnity Company, a Body Corporate v. A. Duie Pyle, Inc., a Body CorporateCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- Xerox Corp. v. International Business Machines Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1974
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