Henry Ruppel v. CBS Corporation

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• holding that manufacturer acted under the federal government when it produced turbines for an aircraft carrier according to government specifications
• holding that the CBS corporation was “acting under” the federal government because it “worked hand-in-hand with the government, assisting the federal government in building warships.”
• holding that the CBS corporation was “acting under” the federal government because it “worked hand-in-hand with the government, assisting the federal government in building warships.”
• concluding that a Navy man satisfied the causal nexus test against for his negligence claim against contractor that “manufactured, sold, distributed, or installed” turbines with asbestos under the direction of the navy
• holding that a turbine manufacturer for the United States Navy that worked \hand-in-hand with the government\ to \achieve an end [the government] would have otherwise used its own agents to complete\ was \acting under\ a federal officer
• noting that the “under color of federal authority” requirement “is distinct from the ‘acting under’ requirement in the same way a bona fide federal officer could not remove a trespass suit that occurred while he was taking out the garbage”

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