“[Ejven the negligent failure of a discretionary government policymaker to consider all relevant aspects of a subject matter under consider ation does not vitiate the discretionary-character of the decision that is made.”
How later courts described this case
- “[Ejven the negligent failure of a discretionary government policymaker to consider all relevant aspects of a subject matter under consider ation does not vitiate the discretionary-character of the decision that is made.”
- “Indeed, it is, in part, to provide immunity against liability for the consequences of negligent failure to consider the relevant, even critical matters in discretionary decision-making that [§ 2680(a) ] exists.”
- decision how or whether to warn the public that government jeeps for sale to the public might be susceptible to rollover is a discretionary function
- decision whether to warn public that government jeeps for sale to the public might be susceptible to rollover is a discretionary function
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Denied.