CITY OF PITTSBURGH v. UNITED STATES

No. 15343.

359 F.2d 564 (1966)

CITY OF PITTSBURGH, a Municipal Corporation v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided April 21, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack H. Weiner, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (John W. Douglas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Gustave Diamond, U. S. Atty., Morton Hollander, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellant.

Robert Engel, Asst. City Sol., Pittsburgh, Pa. (David Stahl, City Sol., Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before HASTIE, GANEY and FREEDMAN, Circuit Judges.


FREEDMAN, Circuit Judge.

The district court granted summary judgment against the United States as indemnitor in favor of the City of Pittsburgh, against whom a pedestrian had obtained a jury verdict in a tort action in the state court for the negligent maintenance of a sidewalk adjoining premises owned by the United States.

These circumstances at once present the critical problem whether a judgment obtained in a state court on a jury's verdict in a suit against...

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