Legal Opinion
Jeannemarie Selbe v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 3, 1997No. 97-1050PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Since 1950, the Supreme Court has held that the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2675, does not waive the sovereign immunity of the United States for injuries arising out of activity relating to the injured person’s military service. See Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135, 71 S.Ct. 153, 95 L.Ed. 152 (1950); see also United States v. Johnson, 481 U.S. 681, 692, 107 S.Ct. 2063, 2069-70, 95 L.Ed.2d 648 (1987); United States v. Shearer, 473 U.S. 52, 58, 105 S.Ct. 3039, 3043, 87 L.Ed.2d 38 (1985). Compare United States v. Brown, 348 U.S. 110, 112-13, 75…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Feres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- United States v. ShearerSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Stencel Aero Engineering Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Simeon Palay v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
- Steven Bastien v. At&t Wireless Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- Long v. Shorebank Development Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
- Ardeshir Goshtasby, and United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee v. Board of Trustees of the University of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- Robert Johnson v. Apna Ghar, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
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