Legal Opinion
Pierce v. United States
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided April 19, 1955No. Civ. A. 2134PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DARR, Chief Judge.
This is a suit for damages against the United States under the provisions of the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346, 2671 et seq. for injuries received by the plaintiff while working as an electrical lineman at the Volunteer Ordnance Works (VOW).
The VOW, located near Chattanooga, Tennessee, is a government owned munition plant, built and ultilized during World War II in the manufacture of TNT. At or following cessation of hostilities, it was deactivated and placed in a stand-by status. As a result of the Korean War the Department of the Army decided in 1952 to…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Dalehite v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf R. R. v. McDadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- International Harvester Co. v. SartainCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1948
- Somerset Seafood Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1951
- In Re Texas City Disaster LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
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3Cited by45 opinions
- King v. Shelby Rural Electric Cooperative Corp.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1973
- Denneau v. Indiana & Michigan Electric CompanyIndiana Court of Appeals · 1971
- Dube v. Pittsburgh CorningCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- Stanley Ex Rel. Stanley v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1972
- Johns v. New York Blower Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1982
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