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199 F.2d 581

Docket No. 14145.

McCranie v. United States

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Nov. 6, 1952.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1952-11-06

Cited by 27 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 1965 · most notably Maryland Levin v. United States (1965), Courtney v. United States (1956)

18 federal appellate · 1 district ·

2 counsel of record

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act)

Relies on Elmo v. United States · United States v. Duncan · Dover v. United States

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1952-11-06

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¶1John L. Green, Athens, Ga., for appellant.

¶2Stanley D. Rose, Atty., Dept, of Justice, Washington, D. C., John P. Cowart, U. S. Atty., and J. H. Fort, Asst. U. S. Atty., Macon, Ga., for appellee.

¶3Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and HOLMES, and RUSSELL, Circuit Judges.

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of the United States in a suit, under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346, 2671 et seq., brought to recover for torts of National Guardsmen, whose unit had not yet been called into active service.

¶6The district judge granted the judgment on the ground that the persons, whose negligent acts and omissions are alleged by the plaintiff to have been the proximate cause of the collision were not employees *582of the United States acting within the scope of their office or employment at the time, as contemplated by the Federal Tort Claims Act.

¶7The decision was in accordance with the decision of this court in Dover v. United States, 5 Cir., 192 F.2d 431, Elmo v. United States, 5 Cir., 197 F.2d 230, and United States v. Duncan, 5 Cir., 197 F.2d 233. On the authority of those cases, the judgment is

¶8Affirmed.

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