Legal Opinion
Young v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 22, 1950No. 10516_1PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAHY, Circuit Judge.
The ultimate question is whether the period within which an action may be filed against the United States for death by wrongful act or negligence in the District of Columbia is one year, as it would be in an action against a private party, or whether the longer period of the Federal Tort Claims Act governs.
Ruby M. Young died April 4, 1948. More than one year thereafter, May 9, 1949, her administrator filed an action against the United States in the District Court under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 63 Stat. 101, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1346(b), for the death of the deceased resulting…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Lewis v. Reconstruction Finance CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1949
- Young v. HoageDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1937
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- John M. Kossick v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
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