Johnson v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
631 F.2d 34 · 1980
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2671 · 28 U.S.C. § 2674
Relies on Feres v. United States · United States v. Brown · Brooks v. United States · Stencel Aero Engineering Corporation v. United States · Exxon Corp. v. Department of Revenue of Wisconsin
Most-quoted passages
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“'(t)he peculiar and special relationship of the soldier to his superiors, the effects of the maintenance of such suits on discipline, and the extreme results that might obtain if suits under the Tort Claims Act were allowed for negligent orders given or negligent acts committed in the course of military duty.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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