Legal Opinion
Feres v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 4, 1949No. 61, Docket 21426PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order dismissing an action brought by the executrix under the will of Rudolph J. Feres, deceased, against the United States to recover damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346, 2671 et seq. The decedent, an army lieutenant, while on active duty in the service of the United States, was killed by fire in a barracks in Pine Camp, New York, a military post of the United States in which he had been required to be quartered by superior officers.
The complaint alleged negligence on the part of the officers who required…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Brooks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Bradey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- Dobson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
- Jefferson v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1948
- United States v. BrooksCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1948
3Cited by19 opinions
- Feres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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- Jefferson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
- Patricia Van Sickel, Michael John Van Sickel, Patricia Ann Van Sickel v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
- Harrison v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1979
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