Legal Opinion
Allen v. United States
District Court, D. Utah
Decided August 21, 1981No. Civ. C 79-0515PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER
JENKINS, District Judge.
The above-entitled action was brought by nearly 1,000 persons against the United States government for injuries alleged to have been individually sustained as a result of the government’s program of open-air testing of nuclear weapons at its Nevada Test Site conducted from 1951 through 1962. The plaintiffs, residents of Utah, Nevada and Arizona, assert broad allegations of negligence on the part of federal agencies and personnel in the conduct of the testing program, including breach by the government of an alleged continuing duty to conduct…
2Cases cited60 opinions
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. United Mine Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- United States v. KubrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Carrie A. McMellon Lori Dawn White Kathy D. Templeton Cheri Call v. United States of America United States Army Corps of EngineersCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2004
- Begay v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Allen v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Utah · 1984
- Barnson v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Utah · 1982
- L. Ann West, as Mother and Administrator of the Estate of Lorri West v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
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