No. 86-528. No. 86-202 | SCOTUS | Jan 20, 1987
Lead Opinion
C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 86-528, 790 F.2d 199" date_filed="1986-05-13" court="1st Cir." case_name="Honour Brown v. United States">790 F. 2d 199; No. 86-202, 795 F.2d 76" date_filed="1986-06-18" court="1st Cir." case_name="Cardona Cosme v. Secretary of Health and Human Services">795 F. 2d 76.
Dissenting Opinion
dissenting.
These cases present the question whether the discretionary-function exception to liability under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U. S. C. § 2680(a), encompasses governmental decisions involving allocation of resources. The Court of Appeals in these cases held that such decisions are covered by the discretionary-function exception. 790 F.2d 199" date_filed="1986-05-13" court="1st Cir." case_name="Honour Brown v. United States">790 F. 2d 199, 202 (CA1 1986). Other Courts of Appeals have rejected this view. See Eklof Marine Corp. v. United States, 762 F.2d 200" date_filed="1985-05-14" court="2d Cir." case_name="Eklof Marine Corp. And Eklof Transportation Co., Inc. v. United States">762 F. 2d 200, 204 (CA2 1985). See also Aslakson v. United States, 790 F.2d 688" date_filed="1986-05-09" court="8th Cir." case_name="Paul Aslakson v. United States">790 F. 2d 688, 693 (CA8 1986). I would grant one of these petitions to resolve the conflict.