Legal Opinion
Vaughn v. United States
District Court, W.D. Tennessee
Decided January 30, 1964No. Civ. A. 1356PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAILEY BROWN, District Judge.
These are personal injury actions brought pursuant to diversity jurisdiction against the original defendant, Garland T. Wilson. Wilson, at the time of this automobile accident, was acting in furtherance of his duties as a United States rural mail carrier. The United States Attorney for this District, pursuant to 28 U.S.C., § 2679, has filed a “Certification As To Scope of Employment,” and this action has thus become one against the United States under the Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C., § 2671 et seq.
The United States has filed a third party claim against Tennessee…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Irvin v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 1957
- Gipson v. ShelleyDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1963
3Cited by18 opinions
- United States v. James S. Myers, Individually and for His Wife, Harriet Myers, and as Natural Guardian and Next Friend of James Myers, a MinorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Satterwhite v. StolzNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1968
- Barker v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1964
- Patterson v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1964
- Adams v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. Illinois · 1965
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