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· 3/31/2009

De Masi v. Schumer

Citations

  • 608 F. Supp. 2d 516
  • 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 27401
  • 2009 WL 859922

How courts have described this case

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

  • “This [exhaustion] requirement applies to all suits, including those that were originally brought in state court.”
  • “[T]he FTCA requires that the United States be substituted as defendant where the United States Attorney has made the requisite certification.”
  • “[B]y way of the FTCA, the United States has provided a limited waiver of its sovereign immunity for specified tort cases, with exclusive jurisdiction over these cases in the federal courts.”
  • “[B]y way of the FTCA, the United States has provided a limited waiver of its sovereign immunity for specified tort cases, with exclusive jurisdiction over these cases in the federal courts.”
  • “[C]ourts have recognized that elected members of the House and Senate cannot be sued simply because a constituent believes that member has failed to take a certain action or respond to the constituent’s request for assistance.”
  • “[C]ourts have recognized that elected members of the House and Senate cannot be sued simply because a constituent believes that member has failed to take a certain action or respond to the constituent’s request for assistance.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Kenneth M. Karas

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