Downs 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.

• holding notice of claim was properly presented notwithstanding plaintiff’s lack of “capacity” under Florida law to bring claim on behalf of other beneficiaries
• in a Federal Tort Claims Act case it was unnecessary to decide whether government agents were immune, because the government would not be immune even if they were
• in a Federal Tort Claims Act case it was unnecessary to decide whether government agents were immune, because the government would not be immune even if they were

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Savage v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 1995-08-17· cited 78×
• National Polymer Products, Inc. v. Borg-Warner Corporation
  Sixth Circuit· 1981-02-11· cited 49×
• Pleasant v. United States Ex Rel. Overton Brooks Veterans Administration Hospital
  Fifth Circuit· 2014-08-19· cited 28×
• Lucas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2004-02-04· cited 26×
• Moffitt v. United States
  E.D. Tennessee· 1976-09-16· cited 20×
• Norton v. Turner
  E.D. Virginia· 1977-01-26· cited 18×
• Elder-Beerman Stores Corp. v. Thomasville Furniture Indus. Inc. (In Re Elder-Beerman Stores Corp.)
  S.D. Ohio· 1997-02-12· cited 7×
• Jackson v. United States
  W.D. Tennessee· 1998-10-05· cited 6×
• Staton v. United States
  W.D. Virginia· 1983-06-13· cited 1×
• Phillip Lucas . v. State of Tennessee Michael E. Collins v. State of Tennessee
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2004-02-04
• Brittney Patterson v. Jerry Dunn
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1999-06-16