Legal Opinion
United States v. Spelar
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 7, 1949No. 42PublishedCited by 144 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Reed
The Federal Tort Claims Act is inapplicable by its terms to “any claim arising in a foreign country.”1 The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has held that this provision does not bar suit against the Government for an allegedly wrongful death occurring at a Newfoundland air base under long-term lease to the United States.2 We are here asked to review that decision.
Flight engineer Mark Spelar, an employee of American Overseas Airlines, was killed on October 3, 1946, in a take-off crash at Harmon Field, Newfoundland. This air base is one of the areas leased for ninety-nine years by Great…
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