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UNITED STATES v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Civ. No. 62-521-WM.

208 F.Supp. 861 (1962)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. California, Central Division.

September 14, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis C. Whelan, U. S. Atty., James R. Akers, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff.

Stanley Mosk, Atty. Gen. of California, Joan D. Gross, Deputy Atty. Gen., Sanford Guskin, Deputy Atty. Gen., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant.

MATHES, District Judge.

Plaintiff United States of America invoked the jurisdiction of this Court under 28 U.S.C. § 1345, seeking damages from defendant, the State of California, by reason of alleged negligence on the part of employees of the State in causing, and in failing to extinguish, a fire which destroyed trees and other vegetation covering approximately 24,000 acres within Angeles National Forest in the County of Los Angeles, California.

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