Legal Opinion
U.S. Tobacco Cooperative Inc. v. Big South Wholesale of VA Inc
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 3, 2018No. 17-2070PublishedCited by 161 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TRAXLER, Circuit Judge:
Defendants Jason Carpenter, Christopher Small, Big South Wholesale, LLC, and Big South Wholesale of Virginia, LLC, d/b/a Big Sky International, appeal the district judge's order granting a motion to reconsider a predecessor district judge's order which had granted Defendants' petition to substitute the United States as a party defendant under the Westfall Act. See 28 U.S.C. § 2679 (b). The Westfall Act provides "federal employees absolute immunity from common-law tort claims arising out of acts they undertake in the course of their official duties." Osborn v. Haley ,…
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