Legal Opinion
Kosak v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 21, 1984No. 82-618PublishedCited by 333 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marshall
The question presented in this case is whether 28 U. S. C. § 2680(c), which exempts from the coverage of the Federal Tort Claims Act “[a]ny claim arising in respect of . . . the detention of any goods or merchandise by any officer of customs,” precludes recovery against the United States for injury to private property sustained during a temporary detention of the property by the Customs Service.
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