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

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Summary:	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 military personnel injury claims that are service-connected.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.