Legal Opinion
King v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 5, 2002No. 00-1486PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.
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The third amended complaint (hereafter the complaint) in the instant suit alleges jurisdiction of this action for fire damages against the United States and others being pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2674 and 1346(b). Appellant’s Appendix (ApltApp.) at 1.
In the first claim for relief, the complaint averred that the Government was negligent in that it knew, or should have known, that the Pike National Forest in Colorado was in an unusually high condition of combustibility and that a fire ban should have been ordered. Id. at 8. The central ruling…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- United States v. Kimbell Foods, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
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- Felder v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- In Re Donald Dean Walker, Debtor. Donald Dean Walker v. Kenneth G.M. Mather, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
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3Cited by17 opinions
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