Sutton v. Earles

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1994-06-03

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Opinion by Judge CANBY. CANBY, Circuit Judge: The plaintiffs are four survivors and the representatives of five deceased victims of an allision between a pleasure boat and a Navy mooring buoy. They obtained a judgment against the United States in this negligence action brought under the Suits in Admiralty Act (“SIAA”), 46 U.S.C.App. §§ 741-752 (1988). In a prior appeal, we held that the discretionary func…

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