83 F. Supp. 644 - Douffas v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1949
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
November 1969
most recently cited
9 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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““The Federal Tort Claims Act‘-is found in Section 2674 of new Title 28 of the United States Code. That sec-' tion provides that the United States shall be liable in respect to certain tort claims in the same manner and to the same,, extent as a private individual. It should be observed that this statute provides that the United States shall be liable — not any of its agencies as such. “It is the view of the Court that the Federal Tort Claims Act, and the waiver of immunity therein contained, applies only if the action is brought against the United States in respect to a tort committed by an agent or employee of the United States. This claim is asserted against the District of Columbia and not against the United States, and, therefore, does not appear to be within the purview of the Federal Tort Claims Act. “It should be observed that Section 2671, which contains certain definitions, defines the term ‘Federal agency’ as including Executive departments and independent establishments of the United States, and government corporations. It is very doubtful whether the District of Columbia is included within this category. But irrespective of this consideration, the term ‘federal agency’ is defined for an entirely different purpose. It is defined in connection with Section 2672, which relates to the administrative adjustment of certain claims. When the Act comes to describe waiver of immunity, in Section 2674, it specifically limits the provision to the United States as such. It pro”
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