United States Supreme Court
US v. Olson, 04-759
In a private tort action against the government under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. section 1346(b)(1), the United States waives sovereign immunity only where local law would make a -private person- liable in tort, not where local law would make -a state or municipal entity- liable.
Appellate Information
- Decided 11/08/2005
- Published 11/08/2005
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- United States Supreme Court