Legal Opinion
Bryson v. United States
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 19, 1978No. Civ. A. 77-3367PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DITTER, District Judge.
This action for damages against the United States 1 was brought by plaintiff, Catherine Bryson, as Administratrix of the estate of her son, Craig T. Toohey, a private in the United States Army killed by a fellow serviceman on September 27, 1974. The jurisdiction of this court is invoked under the general grant of jurisdiction provided in the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b), and under the Military Claims Act, 10 U.S.C. § 2733. The case is presently before me on the government’s motion to dismiss, alleging that there is no jurisdiction over the subject…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Dalehite v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Feres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Brooks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Richard J. Griffin and Mary Jane Griffin, His Wife v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
- United States v. SpelarSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Mohammad Sami v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Freddie L. Johnson and Clara Johnson, Husband and Wife, and Cross v. United States of America, and Cross-Appellee v. Timothy B. Hay, Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
- 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
- Donna J. Woodside, Administratrix of the Estate of Henry William Schroeder v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
- In Re" Agent Orange" Product Liability LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1984
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