Legal Opinion
John L. Lewis v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 24, 1982No. 80-5905PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POOLE, Circuit Judge:
On July 27, 1979, appellant John Lewis was injured by a vehicle owned and operated by the Los Angeles branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Lewis brought this action in district court alleging jurisdiction under the Federal Tort Claims Act (the Act), 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b). The United States moved to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The district court dismissed, holding that the Federal Reserve Bank is not a federal agency within the meaning of the Act and that the court therefore lacked subject matter jurisdiction. We affirm.
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2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Federal Land Bank v. PriddySupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Bollow v. Federal Reserve Bank of San FranciscoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by42 opinions
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