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Van Zuch v. United States
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided January 20, 1954No. Civ. 8514PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALSTON, District Judge.
This is an action brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346, 2671 et seq., for damages allegedly sustained by the plaintiff while a prisoner at the Federal Correctional Institution at Danbury, Connecticut.
In January, 1947, Van Zuch was convicted of a violation of the OPA laws, for accepting rentals in excess of the ceiling allowed. Shortly thereafter he was also convicted for concealing assets in violation of the Bankruptcy laws. He was sentenced to a six months’ term on each violation, the sentences to run concurrently.
The complaint alleges that…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Feres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Griggs v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1950
- Jefferson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
- Feres v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- Sigmon v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1953
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3Cited by11 opinions
- United States v. MunizSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Ernest Klein v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
- Henry Winston v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Harold Jones v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1957
- John Monroe Lack v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1958
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