Legal Opinion
Clark v. United States
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided October 23, 1952No. Civ. 4420PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMBS ALGER FEE, Chief Judge.
On May 30, 1948, when at a flood height ■of 29.6 feet above mean high water, the Columbia River broke through an embankment and flooded the city oif Vanport, which then had a population of approximately sixteen thousand inhabitants. Much personal property was' destroyed by the action of the water. Subsequently, more than seven hundred actions for this property damage, comprising some three thousand claims involving several millions of dollars, were filed against the United States for loss and damage to the property under -the terms of the Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- Georgia v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Jesionowski v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Rodgers v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Breimhorst v. BeckmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1949
- Somerset Seafood Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Solon B. Clark, Jr., and Geraldine A. Clark, Husband and Wife, and Related Cases v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1954
- Allan C. Miller and Betty G. Miller v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978
- Builders Corporation of America, a Corporation, and Herlong Sierra Homes, Inc., a Corporation v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
- Guy F. Atkinson Co. v. Merritt, Chapman, & Scott Corp.District Court, N.D. California · 1954
- Graci v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1969
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