Judith Thomas-Lazear Steven R. Reed European Overseas Bank Limited v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, and John Shockey Robert Kilbane

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• disapproving “an effort to remove the damage element from an intentional tort barred by section 2680(h) and plead it separately as negli- gen[ce]”
• “[T]he United States has not waived its sovereign immunity in actions seeking damages 3 for constitutional violations.”
• “Put another way, the Government’s actions that constitute a claim for slander are essential to Thomas—Lazear’s claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress.”
• “This circuit looks beyond the labels used to determine whether a proposed claim is barred [by the intentional torts exception]”

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