Legal Opinion
Autery v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 12, 2005No. 04-35105PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, District Judge:
Numerous individual and corporate victims of a large wildfire in southeastern Washington State appeal the district court’s dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction of their suit brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-80. The suit sought substantial damages, alleging, among other things, negligence against the United States in not maintaining firebreaks. The district court dismissed based upon the FTCA’s independent-contractor and discretionary-function exceptions.
We agree with the district court that relevant decisions…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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