Legal Opinion
Elaine Mittleman v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 10, 1997No. 95-5395PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
We deal here with the United States’s exhaustion defenses to several tort claims originally brought in 1986 against various government officials. The Federal Employees Liability and Reform Tort Compensation Act of 1988 (the ‘Westfall Act”), Pub.L. 100-694,102 Stat. 4563, transformed these claims into ones against the United States under the Federal Torts Claims Act (“FTCA”). It thus subjected them to the FTCA’s requirement that claims be initially presented to the responsible agency within two years after…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Vassiliades v. Garfinckel's, Brooks Bros.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Renay Hunter v. The District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
- Saunders v. NematiDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
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3Cited by35 opinions
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