Legal Opinion

Formula One Motors, Ltd. v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided November 21, 1985No. 21, Docket 85-6086PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Formula One Motors, Ltd. (“Formula One”) appeals from a judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (John E. Sprizzo, Judge) dismissing for lack of subject matter jurisdiction its complaint seeking damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b), 2671-2680 (1982). Formula One alleged that agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), in the course of executing a warrant to seize and search an automobile that Formula One was importing into the country, had destroyed the automobile. The District Court ruled…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Kosak v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Norman Birnbaum, B. Leonard Avery and Mary Rule MacMillen Plaintiffs v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
  4. United States v. Lockheed L-188 Aircraft, Registration No. N12vg, in Rem, and International Air Leases, Inc., Claimant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
  5. A-Mark, Inc. v. United States Secret Service Department of the TreasuryCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978

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3Cited by49 opinions

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  3. Melissa Johnson, an Infant by Barbara Johnson, Her Mother and Natural Guardian and Barbara Johnson, Individually v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
  4. Robert S. Ortloff v. United States of America, Robert Barrix, Thomas JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
  5. Chapa v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003

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