...visit the Government with novel and unprecedented liabilities," 340 US, at 142, the Court concluded : "[T]he Government is not liable under the Federal...are in the course of activity incident to service. Without exception, the relationship of military personnel to the Government has been governed exclusively...

...135 (1950), was that a soldier may not recover under the Federal Tort Claims Act for injuries which "arise out of or are in the course of activity incident to service." Id., at 146. Although the Court in Feres based its decision on several grounds, "[i]n the last analysis,...

...and in place of all other liability. Similarly, the US Supreme Court held in United States v. Feres 3 that "the Government is not liable under the Federal...are in the course of activity incident to service." 8 Nevertheless, the United States may still be liable for damages even though its injured ' employee...

...along the highway," under compulsion of no orders or duty and on no military mission. * * * We conclude that the Government is not liable under the Federal...are in the course of activity incident to service. Without exception, the relationship of military personnel to the Government has been governed exclusively...

...leave was not analogous to that of a soldier injured while performing duties under orders. We conclude that the Government is not liable under the Federal...are in the course of activity incident to service. Without exception, the relationship of military personnel to the Government has been governed exclusively...

...whether the Federal Tort Claims Act extends Its remedy to an Injury sustained Incident to service. Held : The Government Is not liable under the Federal Tort...Injuries to servicemen where the injuries arise out of or in the course of activity incident to service. The act should be construed to fit Into the entire statutory...

...meaning of the decision in Feres v. US, 340 US 135, 95 L ed 152, 71 S Ct 153, in which it was held that the government is not liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act for injuries to servicemen which arise out of, or are in the course of activity incident to the service. To the extent that Brooks...

...APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT.* Argued October 12, I960— Decided December 4, 1950. The United States is not liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act for injuries to members of the armed forces sustained while on active duty and not on furlough and resulting from the...

...deceased, therefore, was killed while engaged in an activity incident to his service. The United States is not liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act for injuries to servicemen where such injuries arise out of or in the course of activity incident to service (Feres v. United States,...

...disapprove of the Brooks case. It merely distinguished it, holding that the Tort Claims Act does not cover "injuries to servicemen where the injuries arise out...are in the course of activity incident to service." 340 US 135, 146. The peculiar and special relationship of the soldier to his superiors, the effects...