wrongful act
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 351 U.S. 173 - Hatahley v. United States · 1956Most cited · 825 citing opinions
Federal Tort Claims Act · construing 28 U.S.C. § 1346 · Federal Tort Claims Act
§ 1346(b) provides for liability for 'wrongful' as well as 'negligent' acts… the addition of this word was intended to include situations like this involving 'trespasses' which might not be considered strictly negligent
How often courts cite the case defining “wrongful act”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “wrongful act” — 825 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.