United States v. Lippitt’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 federal appellate · 4 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The eases thus transmitted for judicial determination are, in the sense of the act, commenced against the government when the claim is originally presented at the department for examination and settlement. Upon their transfer to the court of claims, they are to be ‘proceeded in as other eases pending in said court.’ ””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Finn v. United States · United States v. Utz

2. “Where the claim is of such a character that it may be allowed and settled by an executive department, or may, in the discretion of the head of such department, be referred to the Court of Claims for final determination, the filing of the petition should relate back to the date when it was first presented at the department, for allowance and settlement.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Farmers Cotton Oil Co. ex rel. Choctaw Cotton Oil Co. v. United States