Legal Opinion
Boyce v. United States
District Court, S.D. Iowa
Decided October 3, 1950No. Civ. 236, 240, 241, 1-6PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWITZER, District Judge.
These are actions against the United States of America for damages alleged to be due by reason of certain negligent and wrongful dynamite blasting operations carried on by the defendant through its agents and employees, acting within the scope of their authority, in the channel of the Mississippi River near Keokuk, Iowa, during the period between April 1947 and May 1948, for the purpose of deepening the channel for navigation in said river at said point.
These cases were by order of the court consolidated for trial and since the issues to be here determined are…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Johnston v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Coates v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1950
- Watson v. Mississippi River Power Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1916
- United States Ex Rel. Holly v. Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1948
3Cited by17 opinions
- Dalehite v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Stewart v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1952
- Davis v. L & W CONSTRUCTION COMPANYSupreme Court of Iowa · 1970
- In Re Silver Bridge Disaster LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1974
- Bartie v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1963
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