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CHANON v. UNITED STATES

No. 73-1505 Summary Calendar.

480 F.2d 1227 (1973)

Bernard CHANON, Administrator and Personal Representative of the Estates of William Lewis Carter and Marvin Leroy Hull, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 2, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney Ravkind, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jack Shepherd, Chief, Asst. U. S. Atty., Anthony J. P. Farris, U. S. Atty., Charles B. Wolfe, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., Alfred H. O. Boudreau, Jr., Admiralty & Shipping Dept., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Kathryn H. Baldwin, Karen K. Siegel, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, GOLDBERG and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This suit was brought by the administrator of the estates of two men who died when their shrimp vessel was lost in a fierce storm which struck the Galveston area in 1969. The cause of action was predicated on the failure of the United States Government, through its various agencies, to disseminate, for broadcast, weather information.

Although the Government asserts that liability to individuals is precluded because the activity of the weather service...

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