RIGGLE v. STATE OF CAL.

No. 75-2865.

577 F.2d 579 (1978)

Merrill Eugene RIGGLE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

June 26, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Huskinson, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert W. Vidor, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before BARNES and HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judges, and NIELSEN, District Judge.


BARNES, Senior Circuit Judge:

The district court dismissed the State of California as a defendant, in this action, for, inter alia, damages arising from the negligent operation of the Upper Newport Bay Bridge in Orange County, California. The issue before this Court is whether the district court properly concluded that neither the construction and operation of a bridge over navigable waters of the United States, nor enactment of the California Tort Claims Act...

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