Legal Opinion
Jessee E. Swanner v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 4, 1969No. 25841PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McENTEE, Circuit Judge:
This is a Federal Tort Claims suit to recover damages allegedly caused by the government’s negligence. There is no dispute as to the relevant underlying facts. Only the district court’s findings and conclusions with reference to causation are questioned.
During the latter half of 1965 (August to December) Jessee Swanner, a convicted felon, was employed as an informer for the Alcohol Tax Unit of Internal Revenue (ATU) in an undercover investigation of an illicit whiskey operation in Giles County, Tennessee. The acknowledged leader of this whiskey ring was a character…
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