Legal Opinion
Simmons v. Himmelreich
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 6, 2016No. 15–109PublishedCited by 124 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sotomayor
The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) allows plaintiffs to seek damages from the United States for certain torts committed by federal employees. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346 (b), 2674. Many of the FTCA's procedural provisions are contained in a single chapter of the United States Code, Chapter 171. See §§ 2671 -2680. But an "Exceptions" section of the FTCA dictates that "the provisions of [Chapter 171] ... shall not apply" to certain categories of claims. At issue in this case is whether one of the "provisions of [Chapter 171]"-the so-called judgment bar provision, § 2676 -might nonetheless apply to one of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Dalehite v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Will v. HallockSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- United States v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Pesnell v. ArsenaultCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2008
- Walter Himmelreich v. Federal Bureau of PrisonsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2014
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