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CLARK v. UNITED STATES

No. 13866.

218 F.2d 446 (1954)

Solon B. CLARK, Jr., and Geraldine A. Clark, husband and wife, and Related Cases, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

December 29, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solon B. Clark, Jr., A. C. Allen, Samuel B. Lawrence, Raymond G. Brown, Gerald J. Meindl, Irving Rand, Portland, Or., for appellants.

Warren E. Burger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Massillon M. Heuser, John J. Finn, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., C. E. Luckey, U. S. Atty., Eugene, Walker Lowry, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before ORR and POPE, Circuit Judges, and WALSH, District Judge.

ORR, Circuit Judge.

In the year 1948 flood waters in great volume flowed down the Columbia River. This volume of water generated sufficient force to cause a break in an embankment protecting the town of Vanport, Oregon, a large housing project, with the result that the town was inundated and substantial property damage was sustained. In addition, fourteen lives are reputed to have been lost. Some of the residents suffering loss took the position that the United States...

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