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Supreme Court's Rejection of “Headquarters Doctrine” Under FTCA
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2017
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- Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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1 See United States v. Alvarez–Machain, 504 U.S. 655 (1992).
2 See Alvarez–Machain v. United States, 107 F.3d 696, 699 (9th Cir. 1996).
3 For background on some of the initial decisions in the case, see Murphy, Sean D. United States Practice In International Law: 1999–2001, at 304–06 (2002)Google Scholar; Murphy, Sean D. Contemporary Practice of the United States, 97 AJIL 981 (2003)Google ScholarPubMed.
4 28 U.S.C §§2671–2680 (2000). The FTCA waives the federal government’s sovereign immunity in suits for personal injury caused by the negligence or wrongful acts of government employees while acting within the scope of their office or employment. 28 U.S.C. §1346(b)(l).
5 28 U.S.C. §2680(k).
6 369 U.S. 1 (1962).
7 Alvarez–Machain v. United States, 331 F.3d 604, 641 (9th Cir. 2003).
8 Brief for the Petitioner at 44–45 (Jan. 2004), Sosa v. Alvarez–Machain, 124 S.Ct. 2739 (2004) (citation omitted) (the brief was filed before the Supreme Court as part of United States v. Alvarez–Machain, Case No. 03–485, which was the companion case to Sosa). The Supreme Court’s decision in Sosa and Alvarez–Machain is discussed in a case report by Brad Roth at 98 AJIL 798 (2004).
9 Sosa v. Alvarez–Machain, 124 S.Ct. at 2749.
10 Id. at 2750.
11 Id.
12 Id. at 2750–54.
13 Id. at 2754.