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Supreme Court· 3/26/1991

United States v. Gaubert

Citations

  • 499 U.S. 315
  • 111 S. Ct. 1267
  • 113 L. Ed. 2d 335
  • 1991 U.S. LEXIS 1853
  • 91 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2183
  • 91 Daily Journal DAR 3524
  • 59 U.S.L.W. 4244

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that FHLBB's regulation of day-to-day functions of bank fell within discretionary function exception to FTCA
  • holding that “[discretionary conduct is not confined to the policy or planning level” and therefore rejecting “a nonexistent dichotomy between discretionary functions and .operational activities”
  • holding that claims involving management decisions, including the “negligent selection of directors and officers,” were barred by the discretionary function exception
  • holding that the discretionary function exception of the FTCA shielded United States from tort liability for allegedly negligent actions taken by banking regulators
  • holding that actions taken by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board in supervising a savings and loan at the day-to-day operational level could come within the discretionary function exception to the FTCA
  • holding that actions taken by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board in supervising a savings and loan at the day-to-day operational level could come within the discretionary function exception to the FTCA

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Judges: White, Rehnquist, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Scalia

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Cites

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