Harbury Ex Rel. Estate of Bamaca-Velasquez v. Hayden

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the FTCA barred a widow’s claim for emotional distress because the injury “at the root of the complaint” occurred in a foreign country
• holding that CIA officers cooperating with the Guatemalan military acted under color of U.S. law because they were \within the scope of their employment serving the United States\ and \carrying out the policies and directives of the CIA\
• holding that foreign country exception applied to claims for emotional injuries that wife suffered in United States but that resulted from physical abuse and death of husband in Guatemala
• holding that CIA officers cooperating with the Guatemalan military acted under color of U.S. law because they were “within the scope of their employment serving the United States” and “carrying out the policies and directives of the CIA”
• holding that foreign country exception applied to claims for emotional injuries that wife suffered in United States but that resulted from physical abuse and death of husband in Guatemala
• explaining that upon such certification, “the tort suit automatically converts to an FTCA ‘action against the United States’ in federal court; the Government becomes the sole party defendant; and the FTCA’s requirements, exceptions, and defenses apply to the suit”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).