KAREN LOXLEY TROSDAL WILLIAMS, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEFENDANT-APPELLEE, TRUST CO. OF GEORGIA BANK OF SAVANNAH, N.A., THIRD PARTY DEFENDANT-APPELLEE

Citator

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• Drake Towing Co., Inc. v. Meisner Marine Constr. Co., 765 F.2d 1060 (11th Cir. 1985)
  …Suits in Admiralty Act During the pendency of this appeal, the Eleventh Circuit held that the discre [*1064] tionary function exception of the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2680(a), applies to suits under the SAA. Williams v. United States, 747 F. 2d 700 (11th Cir.1984), affg and adopting Williams ex rel. Sharpley v. United States, 581 F.Supp. 847, 852 (S.D.Ga.1983). When applicable, that exception abrogates federal subject matter jurisdiction under the SAA. See Williams, 581 F.Supp. at 848, 854,…
• Wiggins v. United States, 799 F.2d 962 (5th Cir. 1986)
  …ied a discretionary exception comparable to the exception in the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2680(a), in the Suits in Admiralty Act in 46 U.S.C. § 745, the section which authorizes suits against the United States. Williams v. United States, 747 F. 2d 700 (11th Cir.1984); Gemp v. United States, 684 F. 2d 404 (6th Cir.1982); Estate of Callas v. United States, 682 F. 2d 618 (7th Cir.1982); Canadian Transport Co. v. United States, 663 F. 2d 1081 (D.C.Cir.1980); Bearce v. United States, 614 F. 2d 556 (7t…
• Mid-South Holding Co., Inc. v. United States, 225 F.3d 1201 (11th Cir. 2000)
  …on the United States and accordingly ordered supplemental briefing. As alluded to above, this circuit is among the majority holding that the SAA’s waiver of immunity is subject to the discretionary function exception. See Williams v. United States, 747 F. 2d 700, 700 (11th Cir.1984), ajfg and adopting Williams By and Through Sharpley v. United States, 581 F.Supp. 847 (S.D.Ga.1983). Athough the United States did not initially elect to assert this exception as a basis for immunity, judicial providence couns…