Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
DeFont v. United States
407 U.S. 910
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1972-06-12
- Topic
- general
delivery of precursors to mail drop; use of fictitious names; activities within building outside normal working hours | delivery of precursors to mail drop; use of fictitious names; activities within building outside normal working hours | although the wife and children of a deceased serviceman had an independent cause of action for emotional distress caused by his death, Feres bars their suit | serviceman’s wife’s action for loss of companionship, loss of husband’s income and mental anguish, child’s action for loss of companionship | serviceman's wife's action for mental anguish; child for loss of companionship | serviceman’s wife’s action for mental anguish; child for loss of companionship | serviceman's wife's mental anguish; child's loss of companionship | serviceman’s wife’s mental anguish; child’s loss of companionship
Citator
- Cited by
- 35 opinions
C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied.