Legal Opinion
Ernest Klein v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 17, 1959No. 304, Docket 25500PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff seeks damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (b), because he was detained and searched when he went on board the S.S. Statendam at the Holland-America pier in Hoboken, New Jersey, on the morning of November 6, 1957, to meet his brother and sister-in-law before they cleared customs on their arrival from Europe. He concedes that he did not have the necessary Customs pass to be within the customs lines, but claims he was negligently exposed to the elements, chilled, and subjected to mental indignity by the detention and search.
The question here presented is not, as…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Feres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Stepp v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1953
- Henry Alaniz, Administrator of the Estate of Elias Alaniz, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1958
- Harold Jones v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1957
- Van Zuch v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1954
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- United States of America v. Cyril T. Faneca, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- Julie R. Blitz v. Janet M. Boog, Julie R. Blitz v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- Barbara Snow-Erlin, as Representative of the Estate of Darrow K. Erlin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
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