Court Opinion

ID: 9442231
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 18:40:58.142054+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:29:01.467088
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HUXMAN, Circuit Judge
(dissenting).
While the question is not free from dou'bt, I find myself unable to agree with the conclusions r eached by my associates.
The precise question involved here was alluded to by the Supreme Court in Brooks v. United States, 337 U.S. 49, 69 S.Ct. 918, but an answer thereto was not necessary to the decision in that case. No doubt, the question ultimately will be answered by the Supreme Court when it is appropriately and necessarily raised in a case before that tribunal.
In Jefferson v. United States, D.C., 77 F.Supp. 706, Judge Chesnut, in an able and exhaustive opinion, reviewed the history of the Federal Tort Claims Act and reached the conclusion that it was not intended to cover service-connected injuries sustained 'by members of the Armed Forces while in such service. I subscribe to the philosophy of the Jefferson case. I can add nothing of value to the logic or reasoning of that opinion. In the interest of brevity, I adopt the reasoning of the Jefferson case and make it the basis of this dissent.