Legal Opinion
In Re ALL MAINE ASBESTOS LITIGATION (PNS CASES). Petition of UNITED STATES of America
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 30, 1985No. 84-1779PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
This interlocutory appeal regarding third-parties’ claimed right to proceed against the United States for noncontractual indemnity or contribution constitutes one more step toward a determination of who shall be ultimately liable for the injuries to workers resulting from their exposure to asbestos in the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS). All of the workers whose injuries are the subject of the primary actions in this portion of the Maine asbestos cases are present or former civilian federal employees of PNS located at Kittery, Maine. In numerous individual actions, 1 the…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Dalehite v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- United States v. S.A. Empresa De Viacao Aerea Rio GrandenseSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Richards v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City of ClevelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by32 opinions
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- Magee v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
- Lopez v. A.C. & S., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1988
- LaBarge v. County of MariposaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Johns-Manville Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1987
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