Legal Opinion
Robinson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 2, 2009No. 07-17052PublishedCited by 189 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
D.W. NELSON, Senior Circuit Judge:
The Robinsons appeal the dismissal of their complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction due to the sovereignty of the United States government under the Quiet Title Act. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we vacate the district court’s order. We remand so that the district court may determine whether appellants may assert jurisdiction under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
In the mid-1970s, Clinton and Lorene Miller and Spencer and Alverda Robinson purchased approximately 620 acres of land in Butte County,…
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