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Hinkie v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided August 18, 1983No. 82-1554PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge.

We are forced once again to decide a case where “we sense the injustice ... of [the] result”1 but where nevertheless we have no legal authority, as an intermediate appellate court, to decide the case differently.

Plaintiffs-appellees, Irene Hinkie, wife of Howard Hinkie, her son Paul, and the estate of her deceased son Timothy, brought this action against the United States and Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company. The gravamen of plaintiffs-appellees’ complaint is that Irene’s miscarriages, Paul’s birth defects, and Timothy’s…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Feres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  2. Weber v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Trimble v. GordonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Jaffee v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
  5. Rosemarie Mondelli v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Marsha L. Lutz v. Secretary of the Air Force, and Gerald L. Ivory, Manuel E. Ferdin, and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
  2. Richards v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
  3. Minns v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1998
  4. Del Rio v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
  5. Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985

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