Masury v. Bell

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 court is “free to weigh the evidence and satisfy itself as to the existence of its power to hear the case” (further citation omitted)
• holding that there is no subject-matter jurisdiction when the discretionary function exception applies
• noting that, in choosing whether to hire an independent contractor, the United States must “weigh concerns of expense, administration, payment, access to the Premises, and a veritable plethora of factors”
• remarking that all ambiguities regarding the FTCA’s sovereign immunity waiver are resolved in favor of the United States
• noting that “the court may consider the evidence beyond the scope of the pleadings to resolve factual disputes concerning jurisdiction”
• explaining that federal courts lack jurisdiction over FTCA claims when the discretionary function exception applies

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).