Brownback v. King

Brownback v. King
Brownback v. King
	Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 25, 2021
Full case name	Brownback v. King
Citations	593 U.S. ___ (more)
Holding
	A dismissal for failure to state a claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act is a judgement on the merits that triggers the FTCA's judgement bar on future actions.
Court membership
	Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Clarence Thomas · Stephen Breyer; Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor; Elena Kagan · Neil Gorsuch; Brett Kavanaugh · Amy Coney Barrett
Case opinions
Majority	Thomas, joined by unanimous
Concurrence	Sotomayor
Laws applied
	Federal Tort Claims Act, Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6)

Brownback v. King, 593 U.S. ___ (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a dismissal for failure to state a claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act is a judgment on the merits that triggers the FTCA's judgment bar on future actions.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Brownback v. King, 593 U.S. ___ (2021)
^ Little, Rory K. (2022). "Annual Review of the U.S. Supreme Court's Criminal Law Cases". The State of Criminal Justice: 2022. American Bar Association: Criminal Justice Section. p. 42.

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