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  2. Title 28 of the United States Code - Wikipedia

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    Title 28 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) is the portion of the United States Code (federal statutory law) that governs the federal judicial system. It is divided into six parts: Part I: Organization of Courts

  3. Federal Tort Claims Act - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Tort Claims Act (August 2, 1946, ch. 646, Title IV, 60 Stat. 812, 28 U.S.C. Part VI, Chapter 171 and 28 U.S.C. § 1346) ("FTCA") is a 1946 federal statute that permits private parties to sue the United States in a federal court for most torts committed by persons acting on behalf of the United States.

  4. List of U.S. state constitutional provisions allowing self ...

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    "That every man, for any injury done to him in his person or property, ought to have remedy by the course of the Law of the land, and ought to have justice and right, freely without dale, fully without any denial, and speedily without delay, according to the Law of the land." [1] Maryland: Rule 16-813 Maryland Code of Judicial Conduct Canon III ...

  5. Tennessee Code Commission - Wikipedia

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    The Tennessee Code Commission is 1 of the 30 or more commissions, boards, and committees that provide assistance to the state court system. The commission consists of five members of which three are ex officio : the Chief Justice of Tennessee , the attorney general and reporter , and the director of legal services for the legislature .

  6. Tucker Act - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Representative John Randolph Tucker, a Democrat from Virginia, sponsored the Tucker Act.. The Tucker Act (March 3, 1887, ch. 359, 24 Stat. 505, 28 U.S.C. § 1491) is a federal statute of the United States by which the United States government has waived its sovereign immunity with respect to certain lawsuits.

  7. Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act ...

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    The Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act of 1988, also known as the Westfall Act, is a law passed by the United States Congress that modifies the Federal Tort Claims Act to protect federal employees from common law tort lawsuit while engaged in their duties for the government, while giving private citizens a route to seek damage from the government for violations.

  8. Rules of Decision Act - Wikipedia

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    It is now codified, in slightly different form, in 28 U.S.C. § 1652, as follows: The laws of the several states, except where the Constitution or treaties of the United States or Acts of Congress otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in civil actions in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.

  9. Constitution of Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    Tennessee held a convention in 1796 to frame their first constitution. [1] The original Tennessee state constitution was not submitted to the voters for approval, but it was approved by US Congress, in conjunction with the resolution admitting Tennessee as a state. It went into effect on June 1, 1796, when Tennessee entered the Union.