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COLLINS v. UNITED STATES

No. 84-4837.

783 F.2d 1225 (1986)

Gail COLLINS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 3, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colette J. Winston, Jeffrey F. Axelrad, Torts Branch, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant.

Elwood C. Stevens, Jr., William D. Hunter, Morgan City, La., W. Arthur Abercrombie, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge and BROWN and GEE, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals the district court order denying its motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction; we affirm.

This case arises from a 1979 explosion at the Belle Isle salt mine in southern Louisiana and certain governmental conduct occurring before that explosion. For the purpose of deciding defendant's motion to dismiss, the district court found that in March 1977 a Mine...

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