Flammia v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
739 F.2d 202 · 1984
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2680 · 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (§ 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Dalehite v. United States · United States v. S.A. Empresa De Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense · Julius Goldman's Egg City v. United States · Payton v. United States · Nevin v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“We view the language of Varig Airlines to dictate that the exemption under the Federal Tort Claims Act derived from this discretion extends to specific individual applications as well as to broad policies.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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