Jet Industries, Inc. v. United States

Jet Indus. v. United States, 476 U.S. 1115 (1986)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: May 19, 1986
Docket: No. 85-1466
Citations: 476 U.S. 1115106 S. Ct. 197190 L. Ed. 2d 65554 U.S.L.W. 37611986 U.S. LEXIS 3049

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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.

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("We conclude that the selection and supervision of participants in the Federal Witness Protection Program constitute discretionary functions.")

Cheryl Ann Piechowicz, Individually & as Pers. Representative of the Estate of David Scott Piechowicz Sherrie Marie Waldrup, a Minor by Cheryl Ann Piechowicz, Her Mother & Next Friend Melva Kennedy, "To the Use of Walter Piechowicz" "To the Use of Florence Piechowicz" "To the Use of Reliance Ins. Co." John I. Kennedy, Jr., Individually & as Pers. Representative of the Estate of Susan C. Kennedy v. United States of Am. James Savage, Individually & as Assistant United States Attorney for the Dist. of Md. John Ryan, Individually & as an Agent of the Drug Enforcement Admin. of the United States, Cheryl Ann Piechowicz, Individually & as Pers. Representative of the Estate of David Scott Piechowicz Sherrie Marie Waldrup, a Minor by Cheryl Ann Piechowicz, Her Mother & Next Friend John I. Kennedy, Jr., Individually & as Pers. Representative of the Estate of Susan C. Kennedy Melva Kennedy, "To the Use of Walter Piechowicz" "To the Use of Florence Piechowicz" "To the Use of Reliance Ins. Co." v. United States of Am. James Savage, Individually & as Assistant United States Attorney for the Dist. of Md. John Ryan, Individually & as an Agent of the Drug Enforcement Admin. of the United States, 885 F.2d 1207 (4th Cir. 1989)
(government’s failure to warn plaintiff of the risk of doing business with a federal probationer and protected witness was discretionary)

Piechowicz v. United States, 685 F. Supp. 486 (D. Maryland 1988)

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Intermedics Infusaid, Inc. And the Infusaid Company v. The Regents of the University of Minnesota804 F.2d 129 (Fed. Cir. 1986)
Ballas v. Tedesco41 F. Supp. 2d 531 (D.N.J. 1999)
Piechowicz v. United States685 F. Supp. 486 (D. Maryland 1988)
Parfait v. Transocean Offshore, Inc.992 So. 2d 465 (La. Ct. App. 2007)
Parfait v. Transocean Offshore, Inc.950 So. 2d 8 (La. Ct. App. 2007)
Rosado v. Deters5 F.3d 119 (5th Cir. 1993)

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Parfait v. Transocean Offshore, Inc.992 So. 2d 465 (La. Ct. App. 2007)
Parfait v. Transocean Offshore, Inc.950 So. 2d 8 (La. Ct. App. 2007)
Cabahug v. Text Shipping Co., Ltd.760 So. 2d 1243 (La. Ct. App. 2000)
Ballas v. Tedesco41 F. Supp. 2d 531 (D.N.J. 1999)

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