1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 806 F.2d
  5. 806 F.2d 1529 (1986)
 

UNITED STATES FIRE INS. CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 85-8948.

806 F.2d 1529 (1986)

UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY and Ottis Foster, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 31, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Jones, Torts Branch, Civ. Div. U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Alan Van Emerick, for defendant-appellant.

Craig S. English, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before TJOFLAT and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals a judgment in an admiralty action imposing damages based on the Coast Guard's negligence in placing and maintaining markers in aid to navigation. At issue is whether the district court properly invoked subject matter jurisdiction over this case under the United States' waiver of sovereign immunity in the Public Vessels Act (PVA), 46 U.S.C. §§ 781-790; the court concluded that the discretionary function exception...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases