State v. Cornelius C. Cohen

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that courts must apply the respondeat superior law \in the state in which the alleged tort occurred\
• concluding that an alternative remedies can cut against extending Bivens even if that alternative process affords no remedy
• holding that the inquiry into whether an employee was acting within the scope of his employment depends on the respondeat superior law of the state in which the tort occurred
• concluding political question doctrine did not bar review, but that Bivens should not extend to a national security context
• observing that “[a] remedial statute need not provide full relief to the plaintiff to qualify as a special factor”
• finding that Office of President and Vice President are not agencies in similar context under Privacy Act

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).