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INDIAN TOWING CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 8.

350 U.S. 61 (1955)

INDIAN TOWING CO., INC., ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Affirmed April 11, 1955.

Rehearing granted May 16, 1955.

Reargued October 13, 1955.

Decided November 21, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Montgomery argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief was Cicero C. Sessions.

Lester S. Jayson argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Sobeloff, Assistant Attorney General Burger and Paul A. Sweeney.

Affirmed by an equally divided Court April 11, 1955.

MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioners brought suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, seeking recovery under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U. S. C. § 1346 (b), for damages alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the Coast Guard in the operation of a lighthouse light. They...

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