Donald W. Taylor and Doris Taylor v. United States

STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.

This case comes before iis on appeal from the trial court’s 1 denial of a motion for summary judgment made by the appellant-defendant United States Government. The issue presented is whether 33 U.S.C. § 702c 2 provides immunity to the United States for the water damage that occurred to appellee-plaintiffs Donald and Doris Taylor’s property in the summer of 1975. We hold the government immune from all claims alleged in the Taylors’ first amended complaint 3 and we reverse and remand this case to the district court with instructions to enter a summary judgment for the…