Daniel J. Monaco and Denise E. Monaco v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “the basis for the exception has recently become the subject of some confusion”
• confessing that “[t]he result in this case disturbs us ... If developed doctrine did not bind us we might be inclined to make an exception ... Unfortunately, we are bound”
• confessing that “[t]he result in this case disturbs us ... If developed doctrine did not bind us we might be inclined to make an exception ... Unfortunately, we are bound”
• holding that the fact that a plaintiff may seek relief from injury not based on the injury of the serviceman “does not change the substantive analysis [because] the court must still examine the Government’s activity in relation to military personnel on active duty”
• applying Feres to bar a claim resembling those of the Lombard children but characterizing the doctrine as “on shaky ground” and its rationale as “not fully convincing”
• applying Feres to bar a claim resembling those of the Lombard children but characterizing the doctrine as \on shaky ground\ and its rationale as \not fully convincing\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).