Meyer v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 26 U.S.C. § 22 · 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act)
Relies on Childers v. San Jose Mercury Printing & Publishing Co. · Hawkins v. Commissioner · 52 F. Supp. 805 - Ehrlich v. Higgins
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.
“exemption is allowed for damages which have already occurred, and there is no suggestion of an exemption for amounts paid for possible future damages.”
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.