Legal Opinion
Nichols v. United States
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided December 2, 1964No. WC6426, WC6431, WC6350PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLAYTON, District Judge.
In these three cases, each of the plaintiffs seeks to recover damages from the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671 et seq., for injuries allegedly sustained when tear gas was fired by Deputy United States Marshals on September 30, 1962, in connection with the government’s efforts to effect the enrollment of James H. Meredith, a Negro, as a student at the University of Mississippi, pursuant to orders of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and of the United States District" Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Dalehite v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Logan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- United States of America v. Cyril T. Faneca, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- Stepp v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1953
- Henry Alaniz, Administrator of the Estate of Elias Alaniz, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Debra Horta v. Charles B. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
- Melissa Johnson, an Infant by Barbara Johnson, Her Mother and Natural Guardian and Barbara Johnson, Individually v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
- Richard Lambertson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Liuzzo v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1981
- Thiele v. StateColorado Court of Appeals · 1972
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