Court Opinion

ID: 9431418
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 23:32:15.502808+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:16:58.667132
License: Public Domain

Justice White,
concurring.
In United States v. Shearer, 473 U. S. 52 (1985), four Justices, including myself, were of the view that 28 U. S. C. § 2680(h) barred recovery for damage caused from an assault by a Government employee said to be the result of a negligent act by another employee. But we did not address whether the assaulter was acting within the scope of his employment or whether that factor made a difference in apply*404ing the § 2680(h) exclusion. In any event, to the extent the views I shared there are inconsistent with my present understanding, I think the Court’s opinion, which I join, has the better of it.