Legal Opinion
Lockett v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 3, 1991No. 89-1768PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RYAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the dismissal of an action brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2671, et seq., alleging negligence by the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in its handling of a scrap yard site contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs” or “PCB”). The district court granted the government’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed the suit pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2680(a), the discretionary function exception to the FTCA. Lockett v. United States, 714 F.Supp. 848 (E.D.Mich.1989). Plaintiffs appeal, claiming the discretionary…
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