Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

40 Cases, More or Less, of Six One-Gallon Cans v. United States

40 Cases, More or Less, of Six One-Gallon Cans v. United States, 368 U.S. 831 (1961)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1961-10-09
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • stating that “a confusing and improperly worded interrogatory cannot fairly be considered a ‘material’ question, or one the answer which ‘is necessary to a verdict’ ” under Rule 49(b)
  • FECA bars FTCA claim for impotence and loss of consortium allegedly caused by government negligence
  • “Acts performed and letters written during attempted settlement negotiations are usually inadmissible [because] [t]he law favors settlements.”

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C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.