COOPER v. UNITED STATES

No. 77-4173-CV-C.

489 F.Supp. 200 (1980)

Kimberly Ann COOPER et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, W. D. Missouri, Central Division.

May 6, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald R. McMillin, Cullen Coil, Carson, Monaco, Coil, Riley & McMillin, P. C., Jefferson City, Mo., Duke W. Ponick, Jr., Kansas City, Mo., for plaintiffs.

Ronald S. Reed, Jr., U. S. Atty., Judith M. Strong, Asst. U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., Thomas W. Snook, Trial Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Div. Torts Branch, Washington, D. C., for defendant.


ORDER

ELMO B. HUNTER, District Judge.

The United States moves the Court to dismiss plaintiffs' suit in admiralty against it for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Plaintiffs invoke this Court's jurisdiction under the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C. § 742, which provides that "any appropriate nonjury proceeding in personam" may be brought against the United States in cases in which, "if a private person or property were involved, a proceeding in...

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