Legal Opinion
Pacific Bell v. United States
District Court, N.D. California
Decided May 29, 1986No. C-85-6308 EFLPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY JUDGMENT
LYNCH, District Judge.
I. Background
Plaintiff, Pacific Bell, has brought this suit seeking compensation for damages to a submarine telephone cable allegedly caused by the defendant, the United States of America. Pacific Bell asserts that on August 27, 1983, naval vessels owned and operated by the United States through the Department of the Navy negligently dropped an anchor on Pacific Bell’s submarine telephone cable that crosses the floor of the Carquinez Strait near Crockett, California. Pacific Bell also alleges a second claim for relief based on the same act but sounding in…
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