Legal Opinion
United States v. Yellow Cab Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 26, 1951No. 218PublishedCited by 431 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burton
The question presented is whether the Federal Tort Claims Act 1 empowers a United States District Court to require the United States to be impleaded as a third-party defendant and to answer the claim of a joint tort-feasor for contribution as if the United States were a private individual. For the reasons hereinafter stated, we hold that it does.
No. 218 — Yellow Cab Case.
December 1, 1946, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, four passengers in a taxicab were injured by a collision between the cab and a United States mail truck. Claiming diversity of citizenship and charging negligence on the part…
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