Legal Opinion

Cynthia Elaine Satterfield, Administratrix of the Estate of Charles Arthur Hulstine v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided April 18, 1986No. 83-5930PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judge.

In this wrongful death action invoking the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b) and 2671 et seq., (the “FTCA”), plaintiff Satterfield, administratrix of her decedent son’s estate, appealed the district court’s order dismissing her complaint against defendant United States pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

Plaintiff alleged that the death of her son, Private Charles Arthur Hulstine (“Hulstine”), was the direct and proximate result of the Army’s negligence in accepting his enlistment and its negligence in failing to…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Feres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  2. Chappell v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Orloff v. WilloughbySupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  4. Gilligan v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. United States v. ShearerSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Owen Kugel v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
  2. Milligan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2012
  3. Ronald Glade v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2012
  4. Robert C. Guccione v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
  5. Don H. Major, Administrator of the Estate of Debra Lynn Spradlin, Deceased, and Charles L. Mauk v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987

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