Legal Opinion
T. J. Falgout Boats, Inc. And Insurance Company of North America v. United States of America, the Department of the Navy
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 27, 1974No. 73-1755PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KILKENNY, Circuit Judge:
This case was heard in the district court and is now before us on an agreed statement of facts, the germane portion of which reads:
“On August 12, 1968, a ship, the PACIFIC SEAL, a 299 gross tons ship owned by Falgout Boats, Inc., operating in navigable waters off the coast of California, was struck by a Sidewinder missile, which was released from a U. S. Navy airplane. The circomstanc-es [sic] of the incident are not fully known since the airplane crashed on this mission and the pilot was killed. The United States will offer no evidence to contest Plaintiffs’…
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