Supreme Court· 5/7/1956
Hatahley v. United States
Citations
- 351 U.S. 173
- 76 S. Ct. 745
- 100 L. Ed. 2d 1065
- 1956 U.S. LEXIS 1627
- 100 L. Ed. 1065
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- holding that an agent acting outside his delegated authority is not protected by the discretionary function exception
- holding that the discretionary function does not apply where the decision-maker lacks authority
- holding that the FTCA allows the United States to be sued for trespass
- applying Utah law to a claim by Navajo Indians for Government destruction of their horses
- recognizing dictionary definitions have no application where terms are statutorily defined
- federal agents' confiscations of plaintiffs' horses without notice as required by law were \wrongful trespasses\ outside the scope of the discretionary function exception
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Judges: Clark
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215 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Wheeldin v. WheelerSupreme Court· 1963-06-03· cited 473×
- Laird v. NelmsSupreme Court· 1972-10-10· cited 261×
- United States v. Central Eureka Mining Co.Supreme Court· 1958-10-13· cited 260×
- L. Patrick Gray, III v. Griffin BellD.C. Circuit· 1983-06-21· cited 241×
- Richard J. Griffin and Mary Jane Griffin, His Wife v. United StatesThird Circuit· 1974-06-25· cited 217×
- Norman Birnbaum, B. Leonard Avery and Mary Rule MacMillen Plaintiffs v. United StatesSecond Circuit· 1978-11-09· cited 211×
- United States v. FullerSupreme Court· 1973-01-16· cited 197×
- Redland Soccer Club, Inc. v. Department of the Army of the United StatesThird Circuit· 1995-05-15· cited 178×
- Blessing v. United StatesE.D. Pennsylvania· 1978-04-19· cited 169×
- George McClanahan and William Clinger v. William B. MathewsSixth Circuit· 1971-04-08· cited 152×
- Fred B. Black, Jr. v. Sheraton Corporation of America Appeal of United States of AmericaD.C. Circuit· 1977-08-22· cited 144×
- Myers & Myers, Inc. v. United States Postal ServiceSecond Circuit· 1975-12-24· cited 137×
- Robinson v. SherrodSeventh Circuit· 2011-01-26· cited 135×
- Downs v. United StatesSixth Circuit· 1975-08-08· cited 133×
- Sterling v. BloomIdaho Supreme Court· 1986-05-16· cited 123×
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Citizens Bank & Trust Company of Park Ridge, IllinoisSeventh Circuit· 1979-02-02· cited 121×
- Ronald Pooler v. United States of America. Ronnie Bradley v. United StatesThird Circuit· 1986-03-27· cited 121×
- Ray B. Woodbury v. United StatesNinth Circuit· 1963-01-28· cited 95×
- Donald Feeley v. United StatesThird Circuit· 1964-11-04· cited 87×
- United States v. Honorable Willis W. Ritter, Chief Judge of the United States District Courtfor the District of UtahTenth Circuit· 1976-07-14· cited 82×
Cites
7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Dalehite v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1953-06-08· cited 1,757×
- National Labor Relations Board v. Donnelly Garment Co.Supreme Court· 1947-03-03· cited 171×
- Chournos v. United StatesTenth Circuit· 1952-02-01· cited 26×
- United States v. Hosteen Tse-KesiTenth Circuit· 1951-08-30· cited 15×
- United States v. Bill HatahleyTenth Circuit· 1955-04-15· cited 9×
- Young v. FelorniaUtah Supreme Court· 1952-05-21· cited 8×
- United States v. Tse-KesiD. Utah· 1950-10-31· cited 3×
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