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· 7/10/1991

Employees of the Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway Co. v. United States

Citations

  • 938 F.2d 1009

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • applying the Restatement (Second) of Torts in the absence of general maritime law of trespass
  • applying “general common law,” including the Restatement (Second) of Torts, rather than state law, to determine the law of maritime trespass, in order to promote uniformity in general maritime law
  • applying Restatement in absence of clear general maritime law on point
  • applying Restatement in absence of clear general maritime law on point

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Judges: Browning, Canby, Trott

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