Legal Opinion · Dissent
Lanus v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 27, 2013No. 12-862Relating-toCited by 13 opinions
1DissentJustice Thomas
Petitioner Linda Lanus asks the Court to revisit our decision in Feres v. United *2732 States, 340 U.S. 135 , 71 S.Ct. 153 , 95 L.Ed. 152 (1950), which interpreted the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) to deny military personnel the ability to recover for injuries resulting from the negligence of federal employees. I would grant the petition to reconsider Feres ' exclusion of claims by military personnel from the scope of the FTCA.
The FTCA is a sweeping waiver of sovereign immunity that, under specified circumstances, renders the Government liable for money damages for a variety of injuries caused by…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Feres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- United States v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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