Legal Opinion
United States v. Standard Oil Co. Of California
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 13, 1947No. 235PublishedCited by 506 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rutledge
Not often, since the decision in Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U. S. 64, is this Court asked to create a new substantive legal liability without legislative aid and as at the common law. This case of first impression here seeks such a result. It arises from the following circumstances.
Early one morning in February, 1944, John Etzel, a soldier, was hit and injured by a truck of the Standard Oil Company of California at a street intersection in Los Angeles. The vehicle was driven by Boone, an employee of the company. At the Government’s expense of $123.45 Etzel was hospitalized, and his…
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