Thomas v. Lockheed Aircraft Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 5 U.S.C. § 8101 (Attendant Allowance Adjustment Act) · 5 U.S.C. § 8116
Relies on Santoni v. United States · Harris v. United States · Barrett v. Zweibon · Dole v. Dow Chemical Co. · Fuhrman v. United States Steel Corp.
Most-quoted passages
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“would be barred by the exclusivity provision of FECA. Id. at 1367. Questioning decisions that assumed that contribution and indemnity claims stood on the same footing, the court left for another day the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“but for the sheer chance that the other parties involved happened to be under a compensation act.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In dicta, the Murray court sought to mitigate the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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