Legal Opinion
Sloan v. United States Department of Housing & Urban Development
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 2, 2001No. 99-5145PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge GARLAND.
GARLAND, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs Leon Sloan and Jimmie Lee Furby appeal from the dismissal of their Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) complaint against the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). We find that, in light of the discretionary function exception to the FTCA, the district court properly concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to entertain plaintiffs’ complaint.
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Sloan and Furby were partners in a contracting business, J&L Renovation Company (J&L). In 1998, J&L won a subcontract for interior demolition as part *758…
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