Shaw v. New Jersey

How courts have described this case

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

• “[H]aving exercised the discretion to issue navigational charts ... [e]roneously locating navigational hazards on [the] charts ... involves no discretionary function or duty.”
• government's sale of postal jeep with no warning of its rollover propensity was a discretionary act
• government decision to sell jeeps without warning of defect \whether purposeful or negligent was an inherent part of the discretionary decision ...\
• government decision to sell jeeps without warning of defect “whether purposeful or negligent was an inherent part of the discretionary decision ... ”
• exception extends not only to decision to sell jeeps but also to the terms and conditions of the sale
• decision to sell surplus vehicles “as-is-where-is” and to provide no further warnings at point of sale concerning any defects

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).