Levin v. United States, No. 11-1351; U.S. Supreme Court; opinion by Ginsburg, J.; decided March 4, 2013. On certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit,
The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) waives the government’s sovereign immunity from tort suits, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b)(1), but excepts from the waiver certain intentional torts, including battery, § 2680(h). The FTCA, as originally enacted, afforded tort victims a remedy against the United States, but did not preclude suit against the alleged tortfeasor as sole or joint defendant.
