Legal Opinion
Raymond A. Chamberlin v. Forester W. Isen
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 26, 1985No. 85-1578PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SKOPIL, Circuit Judge:
Raymond A. Chamberlin appeals from a decision dismissing his action filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We must decide whether the discretionary function exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2680(a) (1982), shields Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) employees from tort liability, based on a patent examiner’s conduct in rejecting a patent application. We affirm the district court’s dismissal of the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW. Raymond Chamberlin applied for…
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