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BUCKINGHAM v. UNITED STATES

No. 12073.

394 F.2d 483 (1968)

Dorothy L. BUCKINGHAM, in her own right and as Administratrix of the Estate of Elvin E. Buckingham, Deceased, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 29, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Israel Steingold, Norfolk, Va. (Steingold, Steingold & Chovitz, Norfolk, Va., and Charles Henry Gordon, Hampton, Va., on the brief), for appellant.

Leonard Schaitman, Atty., Dept. of Justice (Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Morton Hollander, Atty., Dept. of Justice, and C. Vernon Spratley, Jr., U. S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and BOREMAN and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

In this case plaintiff has brought suit against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act.1 The District

Court granted summary judgment for defendant. Finding this case to be controlled by Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135, 71 S.Ct. 153, 95 L.Ed. 152, we affirm the judgment below.

Plaintiff's decedent, a Master Sergeant in the United States Air Force stationed at...

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