United States v. Union Trust Co.

United States v. Union Trust Co., 350 U.S. 907 (1955)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: December 5, 1955
Docket: No. 296
Citations: 350 U.S. 90776 S. Ct. 192100 L. Ed. 7961955 U.S. LEXIS 39

Cited by 53 6 descriptions by later courts

Opinion of the Court

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On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Per Curiam:

The petition for writ of certiorari is granted and the judgment is affirmed. Indian Towing Co. v. United States, 350 U. S. 61 .

How later courts describe this case

Explanatory parentheticals written by citing courts — 6 in all; the most informative distinct ones are shown.

(holding that negligent acts of air traffic controllers were not discretionary)

Thompson v. Dilger, 696 F. Supp. 1071 (E.D. Va. 1988)
(air traffic controllers could be held liable for negligent performance of their duty as experts in guiding airplanes to land)

Kolitch v. Lindedahl, 497 A.2d 183 (N.J. 1985)
(government liable for negligence of air traffic controllers in light of pilots’ justified reliance)

M.R. (Vega Alta), Inc. v. Caribe Gen. Elec. Prods., Inc., 31 F. Supp. 2d 226 (D.P.R. 1998)
(government liable for negligence of air traffic controllers)

Myers v. United States, 17 F.3d 890 (6th Cir. 1994)

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Blessing v. United States447 F. Supp. 1160 (E.D. Pa. 1978)
L. Patrick Gray, III v. Griffin Bell712 F.2d 490 (D.C. Cir. 1983)
D. Ross Beins v. United States695 F.2d 591 (D.C. Cir. 1982)
Olson v. Republic of Singapore636 F. Supp. 885 (D.D.C. 1986)
United States v. S.A. Empresa De Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense467 U.S. 797 (1984)
Myers v. United States17 F.3d 890 (6th Cir. 1994)

Most recent

M.R. (Vega Alta), Inc. v. Caribe General Electric Products, Inc.31 F. Supp. 2d 226 (D.P.R. 1998)
Myers v. United States17 F.3d 890 (6th Cir. 1994)
Myers v. United States17 F.3d 890 (6th Cir. 1994)
Thompson v. Dilger696 F. Supp. 1071 (E.D. Va. 1988)
K.W. Thompson Tool Company, Inc. v. United States836 F.2d 721 (1st Cir. 1988)
Creek Nation Indian Housing v. United States677 F. Supp. 1120 (E.D. Okla. 1988)

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Depth	Case	Cited by
	Indian Towing Co. v. United States, 350 U.S. 61 (1955)	1,051

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