Legal Opinion
Bulloch v. United States
District Court, D. Utah
Decided August 2, 1955No. Civ. C-19-55PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHRISTENSON, District Judge.
This is an action brought by certain sheep owners, plaintiffs herein, to recover damages caused to their herds by the United States of America as a result of nuclear tests conducted by- the Government in Nevada in 1952-53. For authority to sue the United States, reliance is placed by plaintiffs upon the Federal Tort Claims Act of August 2nd, 1946, Title 4, Public Law 601, 79th Congress, as amended, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1346.
In addition to this claim of right to sue the United States, in substance the complaint alleges that plaintiffs are residents of Cedar City, Iron…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Dalehite v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Feres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Spalding v. VilasSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. Union Trust Company, United States of America v. Union Trust CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Tarasoff v. Regents of University of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
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- Blessing v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
- Cameron Smith by His Next Friend, E. J. Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
- Miller v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1983
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