Quechan Indian Tribe v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• Holding in its choice-of-law analysis that, “if a private person would be held liable under 14 Quechan law for engaging in the acts alleged here, Quechan law will apply.”; see also Cheromiah v. 15 United States, 55 F. Supp. 2d 1295, 1299 (D.N.M. 1999
• considering plain language of Section 1346(b)(1), court held “phrase ‘law of the place,’ can only be interpreted to mean the law of a recognizable entity having jurisdiction over the site where the act occurred, which is not necessarily the ‘law of the state’”
• “[A]ny claim based upon [the defendant]’s failure to properly manage or supervise their employees is barred by the discretionary function exception.”

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