Legal Opinion
Camassar v. United States
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided September 3, 1975No. Civ. A. 15845PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, District Judge.
In his customarily thoughtful and thorough fashion, Magistrate Latimer has endeavored mightily to construct a rationale that will explain the doctrine of Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135, 71 S.Ct. 153, 95 L.Ed. 152 (1950), harmonize its progeny, and thereby indicate on which side of the Feres line this case falls. The resulting test of remoteness between injury and the injured person’s military status unhappily leaves uncer tain the criteria by which remoteness is to be measured. Specifically, it is not clear whether the Feres obstacle to suit if the claim does…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Feres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- United States v. MunizSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Rayonier Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- United States v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Brooks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- 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
- Donna J. Woodside, Administratrix of the Estate of Henry William Schroeder v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
- Edwin Miller and Donna Miller, Executors for Douglas Miller, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Julie A. Bozeman, as Administratrix of the Goods, Chattels and Credits of Johnny R. Bozeman, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
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