CARRIER v. UNITED STATES

No. 23128.

369 F.2d 322 (1966)

Eli CARRIER, Jr., et al., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 13, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Alva Brumfield, Sylvia Roberts, Baton Rouge, La., for appellants.

John C. Eldridge, Morton Hollander, Attys., Dept. of Justice, John W. Douglas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edward L. Shaheen, U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before JONES, WISDOM, and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671 et seq., arising from the devastation of Cameron Parish, Louisiana, caused by Hurricane Audrey in June 1957. The case is a companion to Bartie v. United States, W.D.La.1963, 216 F.Supp. 10, aff'd, 5 Cir. 1964, 326 F.2d 754, cert. den'd, 1964, 379 U.S. 852, 85 S.Ct. 98, 13 L.Ed.2d 55. In both cases...

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