Texas City Claims Act: Hearings Before Subcommittee No. 2 of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Eighty-fourth Congress, First Session on H.R. 4045, to Provide for Settlement of Claims for Damages Resulting from the Disaster which Occurred at Texas City, Texas, on April 16 and 17, 1947, May 11 and June 8, 1955U.S. Government Printing Office, 1956 - 267 pages Committee Serial No. 23. Considers legislation to establish a commission to settle claims based on Federal negligence in the Texas City, Tex., fertilizer explosion disaster of Apr. 16 and 17, 1947. |
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... , we can , as a matter of law , and we do , as a matter of law , hold that the Government , as a matter of law , is not liable here . But interspersed through this opinion are statements which reject , TEXAS CITY CLAIMS ACT 9.
... , we can , as a matter of law , and we do , as a matter of law , hold that the Government , as a matter of law , is not liable here . But interspersed through this opinion are statements which reject , TEXAS CITY CLAIMS ACT 9.
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... hold of a ship so much flour and meat but in the hold of that same ship they could carry enough fertilizer to make 50 times that much flour grown right in France . Mr. FORRESTER . And after the Government determined it was to be done to ...
... hold of a ship so much flour and meat but in the hold of that same ship they could carry enough fertilizer to make 50 times that much flour grown right in France . Mr. FORRESTER . And after the Government determined it was to be done to ...
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... holds of the vessels . When the Coast Guard made its investigation there was found smok- ing . This was a fire hazard and the Coast Guard hearings indicated there was smoking on the vessel when this was aboard . Mr. LANE . And there was ...
... holds of the vessels . When the Coast Guard made its investigation there was found smok- ing . This was a fire hazard and the Coast Guard hearings indicated there was smoking on the vessel when this was aboard . Mr. LANE . And there was ...
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... hold as you heard the testimony a year ago and packed bag on top of bag . That great weight would cause an explosion and then they battened down the hatches on it . Then the captain , who did not know of the qualities of this mate- rial ...
... hold as you heard the testimony a year ago and packed bag on top of bag . That great weight would cause an explosion and then they battened down the hatches on it . Then the captain , who did not know of the qualities of this mate- rial ...
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... hold ? I would like to have your thoughts on them inasmuch as while you are right that the Government could have brought in those whom they thought were joint tort feasors , so also the claimants could have joined them as defendants in ...
... hold ? I would like to have your thoughts on them inasmuch as while you are right that the Government could have brought in those whom they thought were joint tort feasors , so also the claimants could have joined them as defendants in ...
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ammonium nitrate fertilizer amount April 16 Army attorneys bills of lading Board BOYLE BRICKFIELD BRYAN bureau of explosives Bureau of Mines BURGER carbonaceous cargo claimants coated ammonium nitrate combustible committee commodity CONGRESS THE LIBRARY court of appeals death Department of Justice detonation district court dunnage employees fact Federal Tort Claims fertilizer grade ammonium fertilizer program FGAN fire FORRESTER French Supply Council Government's grade ammonium nitrate Grandcamp handling hazards Highflyer HYDE insurance companies Interstate Commerce Commission Italics supplied Judiciary LANE liability LIBRARY OF CONGRESS LIFTIN Lion Oil loaded loss manufacture ment monium opinion Ordnance Department oxidizing material paid paper bags payment percent personal injury Picatinny Arsenal production record responsibility Secretary Senate shipment shipped statement subcommittee subrogated claims Supreme Court temperature testified tests Texas City disaster Texas City explosion tion Tort Claims Act transportation Underwriters Underwriters Laboratories United States Government War Production Board
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Page 13 - Government, exercising due care, in the execution of a statute or regulation, whether or not such statute or regulation be valid, or based upon the exercise or performance or the failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function or duty on the part of a Federal agency or an employee ofthe Government, whether or not the discretion involved be abused.
Page 263 - ... having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows : That the...
Page 143 - For the purpose of any such investigation, the Committee on Internal Security, or any subcommittee thereof, is authorized to sit and act at such times and places within the United States, whether the House is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned, to hold such hearings, and to require, by sutopena or otherwise, the attendance...
Page 12 - (c) The members of the Commission from private life shall each receive $50 per diem when engaged in the actual performance of duties vested In the Commission, plus reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of such duties.
Page 143 - ... papers, and documents, as it deems necessary. Subpenas may be issued under the signature of the chairman of the committee or any member of the committee designated by him, and may be served by any person designated by such chairman or member.
Page 265 - ... submit the following statement in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by the conferees and recommended in the accompanying conference report: The House amendment struck out all of the Senate bill after the enacting clause.
Page 218 - An analysis of section 2680 (a), the exception with which we are concerned, emphasizes the congressional purpose to except the acts here charged as negligence from the authorization to sue (p. 32). "Even assuming their correctness arguendo (the district court's findings of the Government's negligence) though, it is our judgment that they do not establish a case within the act. This is for the reason that as a matter...
Page 234 - ... is entitled to be subrogated to the rights of the Insured against the person legally responsible for the loss.
Page 13 - ... an individual by the Commission as an attorney or expert in any business or professional field, on a part-time or full-time basis, with or without compensation, shall not be considered as service or employment bringing such individual within the provisions of section 281, "283, 284, 434, or 1914 of title 18 of the United States Code, or section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 USC 99).