Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Nabors v. United States

Nabors v. United States, 474 U.S. 851 (1985)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1985-10-07
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • holding the Feres doctrine applicable to a case involving elective surgery
  • discussing the broad spectrum of factual situations in which standing has been acknowledged or denied
  • “[T]he nexus between the place to be searched and the evidence sought may be established through normal inferences about the location of evidence.”
  • “A jury’s statement that it currently is deadlocked is, by itself, an insufficient ground for declaring a mistrial.”
  • Medical malpractice action brought by widow and children of serviceman under FTCA barred by Feres
  • “It is clear beyond peradventure that the income tax on wages is constitutional.”
  • abuse of discretion standard governs determinations under Fed.R.Evid. 404(b)

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Authority status
pending
Cited by
89 opinions

C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.