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How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the phrase “law of the place” in the sixth prong of § 1346(b)(1) is jurisdictional
• explaining that failure to identify the governing standard suggests that the district court may not have applied that standard
• explaining that “when the merits and jurisdiction are closely related, a court may determine subject matter jurisdiction without reaching the merits....”
• finding the merits of the case and jurisdiction under the FTCA to be intertwined
• plenary review over a grant of a motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction
• “when the merits and jurisdiction are closely related, a court may determine subject matter jurisdiction without reaching the merits.... ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).