Legal Opinion
W.C. & A.N. Miller Companies v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 21, 1997No. Civil Action 96-00453PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SPORKIN, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
On March 8, 1996, the plaintiff W.C. & A.N. Miller Companies (“Miller”) filed this action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671 et seq., for damages allegedly arising from the United States Army’s burial of munitions 1 during World War I on leased land in northwest Washington in the District of Columbia. Compl. ¶¶ 1-5. These munitions initially were discovered by Miller in January 1993, when Miller was excavating a trench for utilities for a new home on land it owned. Compl. ¶ 13.
The defendant has moved for…
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