Add to ORKGRecent decisions of the Court interpreting the Federal Tort Claims Act, including Laird v. Nelms and Stencel Aero Engineering Corp. v. United States, and to a lesser extent, Logue v. United States and United States v. Orleans, indicate a definite shift away from the Supreme Court\u27s broad view of the Act, towards a much narrower concept of governmental tort liability. It is the purpose of this note to document and analyze this rather drastic shift in construction of the FTCA, in light of the past precedents, legislative history and public policy
In 1996 the Federal Tort Claims Act turns fifty. Few statutes reach the half-century mark only sligh...
The cause of action for damages to redress violations of constitutional rights is now firmly establi...
When it enacted the Federal Tort Claims Act Congress waived the United States’ sovereign immunity fo...
Recent decisions of the Court interpreting the Federal Tort Claims Act, including Laird v. Nelms and...
The Federal Tort Claims Act is a partial waiver of sovereign immunity. In Rayonier, Incorporated v. ...
Despite the Federal Tort Claims Act\u27s explicit purpose to make state law determinative of recover...
Despite the Federal Tort Claims Act\u27s explicit purpose to make state law determinative of recover...
Despite the Federal Tort Claims Act\u27s explicit purpose to make state law determinative of recover...
The cause of action for damages to redress violations of constitutional rights is now firmly establi...
The cause of action for damages to redress violations of constitutional rights is now firmly establi...
As the Supreme Court weakens the Bivens constitutional tort cause of action and federal officers avo...
In Westfall v. Erwin, the United Stated Supreme Court severally restricted the scope of protection a...
As the Supreme Court weakens the Bivens constitutional tort cause of action and federal officers avo...
The enactment of the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) on August 2, 1946, provided the most comprehensi...
[A]lthough the legislative history of the FTCA lends great support for the argument that the doctrin...
In 1996 the Federal Tort Claims Act turns fifty. Few statutes reach the half-century mark only sligh...
The cause of action for damages to redress violations of constitutional rights is now firmly establi...
When it enacted the Federal Tort Claims Act Congress waived the United States’ sovereign immunity fo...
Recent decisions of the Court interpreting the Federal Tort Claims Act, including Laird v. Nelms and...
The Federal Tort Claims Act is a partial waiver of sovereign immunity. In Rayonier, Incorporated v. ...
Despite the Federal Tort Claims Act\u27s explicit purpose to make state law determinative of recover...
Despite the Federal Tort Claims Act\u27s explicit purpose to make state law determinative of recover...
Despite the Federal Tort Claims Act\u27s explicit purpose to make state law determinative of recover...
The cause of action for damages to redress violations of constitutional rights is now firmly establi...
The cause of action for damages to redress violations of constitutional rights is now firmly establi...
As the Supreme Court weakens the Bivens constitutional tort cause of action and federal officers avo...
In Westfall v. Erwin, the United Stated Supreme Court severally restricted the scope of protection a...
As the Supreme Court weakens the Bivens constitutional tort cause of action and federal officers avo...
The enactment of the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) on August 2, 1946, provided the most comprehensi...
[A]lthough the legislative history of the FTCA lends great support for the argument that the doctrin...
In 1996 the Federal Tort Claims Act turns fifty. Few statutes reach the half-century mark only sligh...
The cause of action for damages to redress violations of constitutional rights is now firmly establi...
When it enacted the Federal Tort Claims Act Congress waived the United States’ sovereign immunity fo...