BLANKSTEN v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 63 C 635.

236 F.Supp. 280 (1964)

Samuel B. BLANKSTEN, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court N. D. Illinois, E. D.

June 17, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Sweeney, Chicago, Ill., Ross, Kralovec, Sweeney & Marquand, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for plaintiff.

Bardyl Rifat Tirana, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant.


WILL, District Judge.

This action arises out of a collision of the plaintiff's yacht with a seawall approximately one and one-half miles south of Navy Pier, off the Chicago shoreline. The United States moves for summary judgment, supporting its motion with references to the plaintiff's deposition and an uncontroverted affidavit filed by an attorney of the United States Department of Justice.

From this affidavit the Court finds that the seawall with which plaintiff...

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