Oyler v. McKay’s Empirical Analysis
227 F.2d 604 · 1955
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 16 U.S.C. § 431
Relies on United States v. Sherwood · Larson v. Domestic & Foreign Commerce Corp. · United States v. Shaw · United States ex rel. Goldberg v. Daniels · Morrison v. Work
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * the two types of cases in which an action may be maintained against Government officers are where the officer is acting beyond his delegated power and when the statutes or order conferring power upon the officer to act is unconstitutional or invalid. The test is whether by obtaining relief against the officer, relief will not, in effect, be obtained against the sovereign.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ragan v. Madigan
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.