Legal Opinion
Smick v. United States
District Court, D. Nevada
Decided February 16, 1960No. 303PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TAYLOR, District Judge.
Plaintiffs instituted this suit against the defendant to recover damages sustained in an automobile collision with a pickup truck owned and operated by a rural route mail carrier. The accident occurred on March 15, 1958, at a time when the carrier was complying with the terms of a contract with the defendant to transport mail from Boulder City to Searchlight, Nevada.
Jurisdiction is based on the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1346(b). As an incident to establish jurisdiction, plaintiffs have moved this court to determine whether the contract mail carrier was an…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Wells, Inc. v. ShoemakeNevada Supreme Court · 1947
- Thompson v. DaughertyDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1941
- Hopson v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1956
- Magann v. Long's Baggage Transfer Co.District Court, W.D. Virginia · 1941
- Courtney v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Irving L. Norton, A/K/A I. L. Norton, and Dana Norton v. Edmond L. Murphy and the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1981
- Claire Irene Fisher, Administratrix of the Estate of Virgil Franklin Fisher, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966
- Thomas v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Vermont · 1962
- Duncan v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1983
- Roger B. Tunder and Juneva B. Tunder v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1975
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