Legal Opinion
Johnson v. United States
District Court, W.D. Texas
Decided August 28, 2001No. CIV.A.SA-99-CA-1357-FBPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER CONCERNING JURISDICTION AND MOTIONS FOR CLASS ACTION CERTIFICATION AND MOTIONS TO TRANSFER CASE TO COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
BIERY, District Judge.
The Past as Prologue
In a perfect world, members of the human species would live together in peace, and in Eden-like harmony with the earth which bore us. It is not a perfect world.
The dispute before the Court has its genesis in these words:
“We will bury you.”1
“Think what a better world it would be if.... all governments had as a basic policy to always ... clean up their own mess.”2
The period 1945 to 1990 became known as the Cold War.3 The United…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- United States v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- United States v. DalmSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Preseault v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- 68 Fair empl.prac.cas. (Bna) 421, 32 fed.r.serv.3d 994, 42 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 752 Robert R. Mooney v. Aramco Services Co., Arabian American Oil Co., James Elliott McMillan Raymond v. Aberle v. Aramco Services Co., Arabian American Oil Co., Thomas F. Kaus, Raymond v. Aberle v. Aramco Services Co., Arabian American Oil Co., Arthur G. Brunst, Raymond v. Aberle v. Arabian American Oil Co., Robert Olson, Raymond v. Aberle v. Arabian American Oil Co., John R. Richards, Raymond v. Aberle v. Arabian American Oil Co., William v. Ozolin, Kenneth O. Olson v. Arabian American Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- Wanda Jenkins v. Raymark Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Porter v. NationsCredit Consumer Discount Co. (In Re Porter)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2003
- Abrams Shell v. Shell Oil CoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
- Best Buy Co., Inc. v. Barrera, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2006
- Sanft v. Winnebago Industries, Inc.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 2003
- Gries v. Standard Ready Mix Concrete, L.L.C.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 2008
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