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DUSHON v. UNITED STATES

No. 14922.

243 F.2d 451 (1957)

George DUSHON, Harold Rathgeb, Hilton Duke, Peter J. Vallentine, Nels Pilskog, Joe Miszencin, and Thomas J. Golden, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 18, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold J. Butcher and Geo. Grigsby, Anchorage, Alaska, for appellants.

William T. Plummer, U. S. Atty., Anchorage, Alaska, and Donald A. Burr, Asst. U. S. Atty., for appellee.

Before HEALY, POPE, and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges.

HEALY, Circuit Judge.

Appellants brought this suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act to recover damages for injuries caused by the negligence of one Harold D. Greene, assertedly an employee of the United States. The trial court found that Greene was an employee of an independent contractor and not of the United States, and accordingly denied recovery.1 The sole question presented on appeal is...

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