John L. Lewis v. United States

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• holding that the banks are not federal agencies for purposes of the Federal Tort Claims Act
• holding that the banks are not federal agencies for purposes of the Federal Tort Claims Act
• holding that Federal Reserve Banks — are not federal agencies for purposes of’the’Federal Tort Claims Act and noting that Reserve Banks and their employees have properly been held to be federal instrumentalities for purposes of other statutes
• finding that Federal Reserve Banks are not federal instrumentalities for purposes of the FTCA, but are independent, privately owned and locally controlled corporations
• observing that 25 Federal Reserve Banks, “though heavily regulated, are locally controlled by their member banks”
• critical factor is existence of federal government control over the ‘detailed physical performance’ and ‘day to day operation’ of entity

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