Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Coastwise Packet Co. v. United States

393 U.S. 937

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1968-11-12
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • discussing valid policy reasons for excluding discretionary judgments from FTCA jurisdiction
  • negligent delay in certifying a schooner for passenger trade did not give cause of action where issuance of certificate discretionary
  • certification of schooners involving no single known objective standard is “precisely the sort of discretionary function” exempted under § 2680(a)

Citator

UpLaw has not yet analyzed Coastwise Packet Co. v. United States. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.

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C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied.