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Supreme Court· 11/8/2005

United States v. Olson

Citations

  • 546 U.S. 43
  • 126 S. Ct. 510
  • 163 L. Ed. 2d 306
  • 2005 U.S. LEXIS 8372

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the United States waives sovereign immunity where local law would make a private person liable in tort under analogous, not the same, circumstances.
  • holding that the federal government cannot be held liable for violating duties that are imposed solely on state governments acting in their peculiar positions as governments
  • holding that federal mine inspectors are liable to the same extent as private safety inspectors
  • holding that liability under the FTCA is limited to liability 25 || that a private individual would face under analogous circumstances
  • holding that the United States’ liability under the FTCA is to be based on the state law liability of a private party
  • holding that the federal government cannot be held liable for violating duties that are imposed solely on state governments acting in their peculiar positions as governments

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Judges: Breyer

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Cites

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