Legal Opinion
White v. United States
District Court, N.D. California
Decided May 4, 1951No. 27740-HPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, District Judge.
Plaintiff, on behalf of the Mars Metal Company of San Francisco, entered into a contract with the United States for the recovery of scrap metal from the strafing range at Camp Beale near Marysville, California.
While collecting metal, with the assistance of certain off-duty troop personnel employed for the purpose (with the consent of superior officers), plaintiff received serious injuries from the explosion of a dud.1
The presence of unexploded shells on the strafing range was a strong possibility. Testimony at the trial, as elicited from the Post Range Officer,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Hinds v. WheadonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1942
- United States v. FotopulosCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1950
- Rudd v. ByrnesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1909
- Stewart v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1951
- Freeman v. NickersonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1946
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Dye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1954
- Dye v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1952
- Vorous v. CochranSuperior Court of Delaware · 1969
- Iokepa v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1958
- Marvin R. Ray v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
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