Legal Opinion
United States v. State of California
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 28, 1964No. 18246_1PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWNING, Circuit Judge.
The United States sued the State of California in the District Court to recover losses resulting from allegedly negligent acts of State employees in starting a fire in a national forest, and in attempting to extinguish it. The complaint was filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1345, which grants to district courts original juris diction over “all” civil actions commenced by the United States. 1
The District Court dismissed the action on the ground that Section 1345 “does not confer upon a Federal district court jurisdiction over a State in a civil action brought by the United…
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3Cited by23 opinions
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