Albert ROELOFS, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
UNITED STATES of America et al., Defendant-Appellant,
The Travelers Insurance Company, Intervenor.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 16, 1974.
September 16, 1974.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Donald E. Walter, U. S. Atty., D. H. Perkins, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Shreveport, La., Morton Hollander, Chief, Appellate Sec., James C. Hair, Michael Kimmel, Attys., Civ. Div., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellants.
Wilton H. Williams, Jr., Shreveport, La., for intervenor, Travelers Ins. Co.
Kenneth Rigby, Shreveport, La., for Roelofs.
Jack C. Benjamin, New Orleans, La., for Durham.
L. L. Lockard, Shreveport, La., for Montgomery et al.
James J. Thornton, Jr., Nesib Nader, Hugh M. Stephens, Shreveport, La., for Tewell et al.
Donald R. Miller, Paul R. Mayer, Shreveport, La., for Thomas et al.
Lewis Weinstein, Shreveport, La., for McKinney, Peterson, Holland and Jackson.
Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and RONEY and GEE, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
BROWN, Chief Judge:
This interlocutory appeal raises an interesting and novel problem under the Federal Tort Claims Act.1 The question is whether the Government may invoke a defense available to private employers under the Louisiana Workmen's Compensation Statute despite the fact that the United States, due to its preeminent sovereign immunity, could not be compelled to comply with the obligations...
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