Today in Supreme Court History: February 25, 1841

2/25/1841: Justice Phillip Barbour dies.

Justice Phillip Barbour

Comments

[Dan Schiavetta]

For those interested in actual Supreme Court history, as opposed to a lazy cut and paste of birth and death dates of inconsequential guys wearing robes, I suggest looking at the interesting Federal Tort Claims Act issues presented in Brownback v. King, decided on this day a year ago.

[Bob from Ohio]

2+ years of this feature and you are still whining about how it doesn't represent your priorities. Stop reading!

"interesting Federal Tort Claims Act issues"

An oxymoron.

[Dan Schiavetta]

Admittedly, the issue in Brownback was not of earth-shaking importance (we know this because Roberts trusted Thomas with writing the opinion), but it does raise interesting issues for lawyers (BTW, I'm a lawyer) as to the common law res judicata bar when there is a statute which supplies it own bar.