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MUNIZ-RIVERA v. U.S.

No. 02-2011.

326 F.3d 8 (2003)

Rufino MUNIZ-RIVERA, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 7, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth Santiago, for appellants.

Steve Frank, Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, Dep't of Justice, with whom Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, and Robert S. Greenspan, Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and SELYA, Circuit Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to address the parameters of the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680, and, in particular, its misrepresentation and discretionary function exceptions. The plaintiffs (appellants here) are 108 persons who own a total of 67 residential properties in Salinas, Puerto Rico. These homes are situated in two housing developments that have undergone repeated flooding. Noting that federal officials...

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