International Oilfield Divers, Inc. v. Pickle

barring claim that death of fisherman was caused by failure to obtain more or better equipment because “[all of these are matters which Congress reserved, both to itself in respect to appropriations, and to the agencies’ conduct by the discretionary function exception]” | "While congressional consent gives an interstate compact some attributes of federal law, the Council members' appointment, salaries, and administrative operations are pursuant to the laws of the four individual states, within parameters set by the Act." | applying the "indicia" identified by the Supreme Court