Legal Opinion
Bearce v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 4, 1980No. 79-1512PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN DUSEN, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal attacks an April 4, 1979, district court judgment in favor of the defendant (the United States), on plaintiffs’ claim alleging violation of the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C. § 742, et seq. We affirm the district court’s judgment on the ground that the alleged wrongful acts of the Government are not reviewable by a court because these acts are included under an implied “discretionary function” exception to the Federal Government’s waiver of sovereign immunity under the Suits in Admiralty Act.1
On the night of May 10, 1975, Thomas Bearce was…
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