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Treadwell Construction Co. v. United States

U.S.
Apr 22, 1963
372 U.S. 772 (1963)

Summary

In Treadwell Const. Co. v. United States, 1963, 372 U.S. 772, 83 S.Ct. 1102, 10 L.Ed.2d 136, the Court simply vacated a holding of the court of appeals and remanded for further consideration by the district court the question whether § 8116(c) barred indemnity claims where the Federal Tort Claims Act, Title 28, U.S.C. § 2671 et seq., was applicable in the light of the Court's holding in Weyerhaeuser.

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Opinion

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT.

No. 120.

Decided April 22, 1963.

Certiorari granted; judgment vacated; and case remanded to District Court for further consideration.

Reported below: 299 F.2d 789.

Harold E. McCamey and Frederick T. M. Crowley for petitioner.

Solicitor General Cox, Assistant Attorney General Orrick and Alan S. Rosenthal for the United States.


The petition for writ of certiorari is granted. The judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is vacated and the case is remanded to the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania for further consideration in light of Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. United States, 372 U.S. 597.


Summaries of

Treadwell Construction Co. v. United States

U.S.
Apr 22, 1963
372 U.S. 772 (1963)

In Treadwell Const. Co. v. United States, 1963, 372 U.S. 772, 83 S.Ct. 1102, 10 L.Ed.2d 136, the Court simply vacated a holding of the court of appeals and remanded for further consideration by the district court the question whether § 8116(c) barred indemnity claims where the Federal Tort Claims Act, Title 28, U.S.C. § 2671 et seq., was applicable in the light of the Court's holding in Weyerhaeuser.

Summary of this case from White v. Texas Eastern Transmission Corp.

In Treadwell, this court had held, in a situation where there was no contractual or other independent relationship between a third-party joint tortfeasor and the Government, that the exclusivity provision precluded a claim for contribution against the Government by a joint tortfeasor who had been successfully sued by an injured Government employee.

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In Treadwell the Third Circuit had held the exclusivity provision of the FECA to preclude a claim in contribution against the government by a joint tortfeasor who had been successfully sued by a government employee.

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Case details for

Treadwell Construction Co. v. United States

Case Details

Full title:TREADWELL CONSTRUCTION CO. v . UNITED STATES

Court:U.S.

Date published: Apr 22, 1963

Citations

372 U.S. 772 (1963)
83 S. Ct. 1102

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