· 10/4/1976
Topic v. Circle Realty Co.
Citations
- 429 U.S. 859
- 50 L. Ed. 2d 137
How courts have described this case
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- holding that a court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction in FTCA cases if the employee was acting outside the scope of their employment
- holding that a district court has 6 no jurisdiction to hear matters brought under the FTCA if the employee was acting outside the 7 scope of employment
- [I]nternal operating procedures [are] . . . insufficient to create per se liability whenever [they are] not followed. To hold otherwise would be to create a disincentive . . . to have written procedures.”
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