Legal Opinion
Hatahley v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 7, 1956No. 231PublishedCited by 270 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
Petitioners, eight families of Navajo Indians, seek damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act for the destruction of their horses by agents of the Federal Government. The District Court allowed damages of $100,000 and enjoined the Government and its agents from further interference with petitioners. The Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reversed, 220 F. 2d 666, on the ground that the Utah abandoned horse statute, Utah Code Ann., 1953, 47-2, was properly invoked by the government agents. We do not agree with the Court of Appeals.
Petitioners are wards of the Government. They have lived…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Dalehite v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- National Labor Relations Board v. Donnelly Garment Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Chournos v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1952
- United States v. Hosteen Tse-KesiCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1951
- Barney v. Jewel Tea Co., Inc.Utah Supreme Court · 1943
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3Cited by270 opinions
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- Richard J. Griffin and Mary Jane Griffin, His Wife v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
- Norman Birnbaum, B. Leonard Avery and Mary Rule MacMillen Plaintiffs v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
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