Legal Opinion
Meyer v. Fidelity Savings
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 13, 1991No. Nos. 89-16695, 90-15025PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:
With the enactment of the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-80, Congress partially punctured the immunity of the sovereign. At the same time, however, it limited the relief available against parties other than the government by making the United States the exclusive defendant in various situations. This case presents one of the numberless _ questions arising out of this interplay: whether a suit predicated on the tortious deprivation of fifth amendment due process, and therefore arguably beyond the reach of the FTCA, may nonetheless be…
2Cases cited53 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Waters v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1993
- FDIC v. DiStefanoDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1993
- Federal Deposit Insurance v. diStefanoDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1993
- Meyer v. Fidelity SavingsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
- Aaron Schwarder Donna Eubanks Kathleen Schwarder v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
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