Legal Opinion
United States v. Olson
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 8, 2005No. 04-759PublishedCited by 252 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breyer
The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA or Act) authorizes private tort actions against the United States “under circumstances where the United States, if a private person, would be liable to the claimant in accordance with the law of the place where the act or omission occurred.” 28 U. S. C. § 1346(b)(1). We here interpret these words to mean what they say, namely, that the United States waives sovereign immunity “under circumstances” where local law would make a “private person” liable in tort. (Emphasis added.) And we reverse a line of Ninth Circuit precedent permitting courts in certain…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Howell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
- Dorking Genetics v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
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