Thacker v. TVA

Decided April 29, 2019. Elena Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 17-1201 · 587 U.S. ___ (2019)

Title 16 U. S. C. §831c(b), which serves to waive the Tennessee Valley Authority’s sovereign immunity from suit, is not subject to a discretionary function exception of the kind in the Federal Tort Claims Act.

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