Legal Opinion
The City of Newark, a Municipal Corporation of the State of New Jersey v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 20, 1958No. 12274PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STALEY, Circuit Judge.
An intersection collision between an ambulance of the City of Newark and a mail truck of the United States presents in this appeal the interesting question of the permissive extent of defenses based upon sovereign immunity in an action between a municipality and the federal government.
The facts are relatively simple and free from dispute. On April 13, 1955, an ambulance owned by the City of Newark was being driven on an errand of mercy in that city. A United States mail truck, being operated on government business, came into collision with the ambulance at an…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Clark v. BarnardSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
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