PACIFIC BELL v. UNITED STATES

No. C-85-6308 EFL.

636 F.Supp. 312 (1986)

PACIFIC BELL, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

May 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven D. Rathfon, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff.

Rand R. Pixa, Asst. U.S. Atty., Torts Branch, Civ. Div., San Francisco, Cal., for defendant.


SUMMARY JUDGMENT

LYNCH, District Judge.

I. Background

Plaintiff, Pacific Bell, has brought this suit seeking compensation for damages to a submarine telephone cable allegedly caused by the defendant, the United States of America. Pacific Bell asserts that on August 27, 1983, naval vessels owned and operated by the United States through the Department of the Navy negligently dropped an anchor on Pacific Bell's submarine telephone cable that crosses...

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