Legal Opinion
B Amusement Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided January 20, 1960No. Cong. No. 1-54PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhitaKER, Judge
This case is before the court pursuant to H.R. Resolution No. 475, 83d Congress, 2d Session, by which the court has been requested to determine whether plaintiffs have a legal or equitable claim against the United States, and the amount, if any, legally and equitably due thereon, and to report its conclusions to the House.
Plaintiffs sue to recover property losses and damages sustained by them as a result of a flood on the Missouri River in the vicinity of Kickapoo Bend south of St. Joseph, Missouri. The flood in question took place in March 1949 and resulted from the melting of an ice gorge…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Sanguinetti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- National Mfg. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1954
- Columbia Basin Orchard v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1955
- GAY STREET CORPORATION OF BALTIMORE v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1955
- North Counties Hydro-Electric Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1957
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3Cited by64 opinions
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- Lunsford v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- Miller v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1980
- Barnes v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1976
- Dominic Eyherabide, Jean M. Eyherabide, Raymond Castanchoa and Marie Castanchoa v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1965
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