Feres v. United States

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:legal_case
gptkbp:area tort law
gptkbp:argued_on January 10, 1950
gptkbp:case_number gptkb:No._5
involved negligence claims
involved military operations
involved a soldier's death
involved medical malpractice
involved military hospitals
involved military medical care
involved military personnel injuries
involved military training accidents
involved the Air Force
involved the Army
involved the Marine Corps
involved the Navy
originated from a military accident
gptkbp:case_outcome dismissed
government not liable for injuries to service members
gptkbp:case_types civil case
gptkbp:consequences limits on service members' rights to sue
gptkbp:decided_by gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
March 21, 1950
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Feres v. United States
gptkbp:impact gptkb:Federal_Tort_Claims_Act
gptkbp:involved_parties gptkb:United_States_government
Feres family
gptkbp:is_cited_in 340 U. S. 135
gptkbp:judges gptkb:Justice_Potter_Stewart
gptkb:Justice_William_O._Douglas
gptkb:Justice_Byron_White
gptkb:Justice_Elena_Kagan
gptkb:Justice_William_J._Brennan_Jr.
gptkb:Justice_Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.
gptkb:Justice_Felix_Frankfurter
gptkb:Justice_Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:Justice_Anthony_Kennedy
gptkb:Justice_Hugo_Black
gptkb:Justice_Sherman_Minton
gptkb:Justice_Samuel_Alito
gptkb:Justice_Sonia_Sotomayor
gptkb:Justice_Earl_Warren
gptkb:Justice_Stanley_Reed
gptkb:Justice_Tom_C._Clark
gptkb:Justice_Clarence_Thomas
gptkb:Justice_John_Marshall_Harlan_II
gptkbp:jurisdiction federal jurisdiction
gptkbp:legal_issue military personnel liability
gptkbp:legal_principle doctrine of sovereign immunity
gptkbp:outcome ruled against the plaintiff
gptkbp:precedent subsequent military tort cases
gptkbp:related_cases gptkb:United_States_v._Johnson
Stencel Aero Engineering Corp. v. United States
gptkbp:significance established the Feres doctrine
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Vinson_v._United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6