Adkisson v. Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
790 F.3d 641 · 2015
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 16 U.S.C. § 831 (Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933) · 28 U.S.C. § 2674 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 9604 (§ 104 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980)
Relies on United States v. Sherwood · Dalehite v. United States · United States v. Mitchell · United States v. Gaubert · Berkovitz v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“attacks the factual-basis for jurisdiction ..the district court has broad discretion over what evidence to consider and may look outside the pleadings to determine whether subject-matter jurisdiction exists”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]here a particular government action is a deliberate or necessary result of a discretionary general policy, such that a tort suit based on the particular act or omission would amount to a challenge to the protected across-the-board policy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Yearsley immunity is, in our opinion, closer in nature to qualified immunity for private individuals under government contract”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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