Legal Opinion
Sutton v. Earles
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 3, 1994No. Nos. 92-55548, 92-55549, 92-55551, 92-55564 and 92-55578 to 92-55580PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge CANBY.
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs are four survivors and the representatives of five deceased victims of an allision between a pleasure boat and a Navy mooring buoy. They obtained a judgment against the United States in this negligence action brought under the Suits in Admiralty Act (“SIAA”), 46 U.S.C.App. §§ 741-752 (1988). In a prior appeal, we held that the discretionary function exception set forth in the Federal Tort Claims Act should be read into the SIAA. Earles v. United States (Earles I), 935 F.2d 1028, 1032 (9th Cir.1991). We vacated the judgment and…
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