CADWALDER v. U.S.

No. 93-35338.

45 F.3d 297 (1995)

George W. CADWALDER, Mary Kathleen Cadwalder, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 9, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward T. Swaine, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellant.

Andrew M. Chasan, Bohner, Chasan & Walton, Boise, ID, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before: POOLE, BRUNETTI, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.


BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge:

In this case, we allowed an interlocutory appeal of the district court's order granting plaintiff-appellee's motion for joinder. The underlying action involves the voluntary assignment of a tort claim against the United States, and implicates both the Assignment of Claims Act and the Federal Tort Claims Act. Because the district court's ruling in this case contravenes both the language and purposes of these two statutes, we reverse.

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