Feres v. United States

Feres v. United States (1950)

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Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135 (1950), combined three pending federal cases for a hearing in certiorari in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the United States is not liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act for injuries to members of the armed forces sustained while on active duty and not on furlough and resulting from the negligence of others in the armed forces. Warning: template has been deprecated.

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United States Supreme Court

340 U.S. 135

Feres v. United States

Argued: Oct. 12, 13, 1950. --- Decided: Dec 4, 1950

Mr. David H. Moses, Suffern, N.Y., for petitioner Feres.

Mr. Morris Rosenberg, Baltimore, Md., for petitioner Jefferson.

Mr. Newell A. Clapp, Washington, D.C., for the United States.

Mr. Frederick P. Cranston, Denver, Colo., for respondent Griggs.

Mr. Justice JACKSON, delivered the opinion of the Court.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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