Feres Doctrine Reaffirmed : Military Personnel May Not Sue Under the Federal Tort Claims Act for Torts Committed by Civilian Government Employees.

Analyzes a recent Supreme Court holding that military personnel may not sue civilian Government employees for injuries sustained incident to service, reaffirming an earlier ruling in Feres v U.S. that Federal Tort Claims Act of 1946 provisions permitting tort actions against the U.S. do not apply to...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1987.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Judge-made law. Actions and defenses. Soldiers. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book