Legal Opinion
In Re Texas City Disaster Litigation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 10, 1952No. 13314PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
This litigation arises under the Federal Tort Claims Act.1
For an understanding of the questions presented, we quote the statement of the case as made by the learned district judge:
“These are approximately 273 suits (including the above suit No. C. A. 787, Dalehite, et al. v. United States of America) by approximately 8485 persons or Plaintiffs against Defendant, United States of America, under the Federal Tort Claims Act, Section 2671 / et seq., Title 28, Judicial Code effective " September 1, 1948, formerly Section 941, Title 28 U.S.C.A., Act of August 2,. 1946, and…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
- Feres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- United States v. Yellow Cab Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- George Moore Ice Cream Co. v. RoseSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Barnes v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
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3Cited by56 opinions
- Dalehite v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Blessing v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
- National Mfg. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1954
- China Union Lines, Ltd., Mitsubishi International Corporation, Lan Jing-Chau, Armement Deppe, S.A. v. A. O. Andersen & Co., American Cyanamid CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Brown v. ArmstrongCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
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