· 5/29/1961
United States v. Neustadt
Citations
- 366 U.S. 696
- 81 S. Ct. 1294
- 6 L. Ed. 2d 614
- 1961 U.S. LEXIS 1061
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that 28 U.S.C. § 2680(h) “comprehends claims arising out of negligent, as well as willful, misrepresentation.”
- noting that courts must “look beyond the literal meaning of the language to ascertain the real cause of complaint”
- noting that the scope of FTCA exceptions “depends solely upon what Congress meant by the language it used,” rather than any state law
- “We must then look beyond the literal meaning of the language to ascertain the real cause of complaint.” (Internal quotation marks omitted.)
- “claims arising out of negligent, as well as willful, misrepresentation” are “exclude[d] [from] recovery under the Federal Tort Claims Act”
- action for negligent misrepresentation barred by § 2680(h)
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Judges: Whittaker, Douglas, Stewart
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