Legal Opinion
Hooper v. United States
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided July 28, 1971No. Civ. 14045PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON MOTIONS OF DEFENDANTS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND UNITED ILLUMINATING COMPANY TO DISMISS THE COMPLAINT
ZAMPANO, District Judge.
The plaintiffs, having filed a complaint in which they seek to recover $500,000,000 damages allegedly incurred as a result of the construction of a power generating station in the area where they had previously moored their boats; and
Defendants United States of America and United Illuminating Company having moved to dismiss the complaint; and
The Court being of the opinion that the motions should be granted for the following reasons:
1. There is no statutory…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. SherwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Dalehite v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- C. C. Sanderlin v. Old Dominion Stevedoring CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Boston Edison Company v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
- O'Connor & Company v. City of Pascagoula, MississippiDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1969
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Burke v. Children's Services DivisionOregon Supreme Court · 1980
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- Sierra Club v. MortonDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1975
- Parsell v. Shell Oil Co.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1976
- Stephens v. United StatesDistrict Court, C.D. Illinois · 1979
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