Legal Opinion
Robert WILSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sammy DRAKE; United States of America, Defendants-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 1, 1996No. 94-56428PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether a federal employer is entitled to immunity for intentional torts allegedly committed by one of its employees against another on a government installation in California.
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Robert Wilson is an engineer at the Naval Air Warfare Center in Point Mugu, California; Sammy Drake is his immediate supervisor. In June 1993, Wilson filed a complaint in California state court against Drake in his individual capacity for “injury to reputation, battery, violation of personal space.” 1
Wilson alleges that on one occasion in June 1992, Drake allegedly came to his…
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