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· 8/31/1978

Allan C. Miller and Betty G. Miller v. United States

Citations

  • 583 F.2d 857
  • 1978 U.S. App. LEXIS 9282

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “[The IJC] has the authority to approve or prohibit and to regulate the obstruction or diversion of certain waters, and the United States and Canada agree not to allow construction of such projects without IJC approval.”
  • discretionary function exemption “does not insulate the Government from liability for all mistakes of judgment of its agents, but only for significant policy and political decisions, the types of governmental decisions which should not be circumscribed by customary tort standards”

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Judges: Merritt, Peck, Weick

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