Legal Opinion
Dalehite v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 8, 1953No. 308PublishedCited by 1,747 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Reed
Petitioners seek damages from the United States for the death of Henry G. Dalehite in explosions of fertilizer with an ammonium nitrate base, at Texas City, Texas, on April 16 and 17,1947. This is a test case, representing some 300 separate personal and property claims in the aggregate amount of two hundred million dollars. Consolidated trial was had in the District Court for the Southern District of Texas on the facts and the crucial question of federal liability generally. This was done under an arrangement that the result would be accepted as to those matters in the other suits. Judgment…
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