Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Coastwise Packet Co. v. United States
Coastwise Packet Co. v. United States, 393 U.S. 937 (1968)
- 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.
- Authority status
- pending
- Cited by
- 59 opinions
C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied.