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· 4/29/1964

Ola Belle Meredith v. United States of America

Citations

  • 330 F.2d 9

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding that “in a foreign country,” as used in Section 2680(k), has a meaning prescribed by “common sense” and “common speech”
  • U.S. embassy in Thailand is \in a foreign country\ for purposes of the Federal Tort Claims Act
  • in defining “foreign country” for purposes of the FTCA, “[i]t is necessary to consider the object of the enactment and to construe the expression ‘foreign country’ so as to achieve, and not defeat, its aim”
  • in defining “foreign country” for purposes of the FTCA, “[i]t is necessary to consider the object of the enactment and to construe the expression ‘foreign country’ so as to achieve, and not defeat, its aim”

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Judges: Madden, Claims, Browning, Duniway

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