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McKINNEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 20842.

368 F.2d 542 (1966)

Lee McKINNEY et al., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America and Puget Sound Bridge and Dry Dock Company, now known as Lockheed Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

October 26, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greive & Law, Seattle, Wash., for appellants.

John W. Douglas, Asst. Atty. Gen., William N. Goodwin, U. S. Atty., David L. Rose, Frederick B. Abramson, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before CHAMBERS, POPE and MERRILL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The appellants, as libelants, brought suit against the United States in the court below seeking recovery for injuries received by the appellant Lee McKinney while working upon a fabricated portion of a ship which was prepared for insertion as the mid-body section of a navy ship. Jurisdiction was based upon the provisions of the Public Vessels Act, 46 U.S.C. § 781 et seq. The ship in question was being modernized, renovated and converted so as to increase...

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