Legal Opinion
Boyd v. United States ex rel. United States Army, Corps of Engineers
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 2, 1989No. 86-1618PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
The district court dismissed the suit of plaintiff Emily Moody Boyd against the United States for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, holding that it was barred by the discretionary function exception of the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. § 2680(a). Boyd v. United States, 631 F.Supp. 814 (E.D. Okla.1986). On appeal, Boyd argues that the challenged governmental activity does not fall within that exception, and thus the government is subject to suit. She also argues that the government is not immunized from suit by an Oklahoma recreational use statute,…
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