Danforth v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
102 F.2d 5 · 1939
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 8 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2023
2 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 41 · 33 U.S.C. § 702A
Relies on Bull v. United States · United States v. Arthur Lynah · Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. United States · Kohl v. United States · Jacobs v. United States
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“3. Should this offer be accepted, friendly condemnation proceedings will be entered in Court, with the request that an agreed verdict- be awarded in the amount of this offer. ' Payment cannot be made without Court action as title cannot be cleared. Acceptance of this offer should expedite final settlement and reduce legal expenses.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.