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The Continuing Drift Of Federal Sovereign Immunity Jurisprudence, Gregory C. Sisk Nov 2008

The Continuing Drift Of Federal Sovereign Immunity Jurisprudence, Gregory C. Sisk

William & Mary Law Review

With the enduring doctrine of federal sovereign immunity, it is too late in the day to suggest that the United States should be treated as an ordinary party in the federal courts. Yet as the Supreme Court has become more comfortable with the increasingly common encounter with a statutory waiver of immunity, the rigidity of interpretive approach has eased. An early jaundiced judicial attitude has resolved into a greater respect for the legislative promise of relief to those harmed by their government. After sketching the history of statutory waivers over the past century-and-a-half and examining Supreme Court decisions across the …


The Tail Wags The Dog: Judicial Misinterpretation Of The Punitive Damages Ban In The Federal Tort Claims Act, Jeff L. Lewin Feb 1986

The Tail Wags The Dog: Judicial Misinterpretation Of The Punitive Damages Ban In The Federal Tort Claims Act, Jeff L. Lewin

William & Mary Law Review

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Denial Of Atomic Veterans' Tort Claims: The Enduring Fallout From Feres V. United States, J. Thomas Morina Feb 1983

Denial Of Atomic Veterans' Tort Claims: The Enduring Fallout From Feres V. United States, J. Thomas Morina

William & Mary Law Review

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Loe V. Armistead: The Availability Of An Alternative Remedy As A Bar To Extending Bivens, Ralph G. Santos Dec 1978

Loe V. Armistead: The Availability Of An Alternative Remedy As A Bar To Extending Bivens, Ralph G. Santos

William & Mary Law Review

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Problems Of Private Claimants Under Miller Act Payment Bonds, Paul H. Gantt, Robert D. Wallick, James M. Proctor May 1968

Problems Of Private Claimants Under Miller Act Payment Bonds, Paul H. Gantt, Robert D. Wallick, James M. Proctor

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Workmen's Compensation - Recovery For Federal Prisoners Under Federal Torts Claims Act - 87 S. Ct. 382 (1966), Robert P. Kahn Oct 1967

Workmen's Compensation - Recovery For Federal Prisoners Under Federal Torts Claims Act - 87 S. Ct. 382 (1966), Robert P. Kahn

William & Mary Law Review

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Torts - Federal Tort Claims Act - Government Liability For Torts Of Servicement. Williams V. United States, 352 F.2d 477 (1965), Kent Millikan May 1966

Torts - Federal Tort Claims Act - Government Liability For Torts Of Servicement. Williams V. United States, 352 F.2d 477 (1965), Kent Millikan

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.