Vickers v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
228 F.3d 944 · 2000
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 10 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently August 2023 · most notably Alfrey v. United States (2002), Terbush v. United States (2008)
17 federal appellate · 10 district · 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
Relies on United States v. Gaubert · Berkovitz v. United States · United States v. S.A. Empresa De Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense · United States v. Muniz · Rayonier Incorporated v. United States a Arnhold
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'This court and others have held that decisions relating to the hiring, training, and supervision of employees usually involve policy judgments of the type Congress intended the discretionary function exception to shield.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“prevent judicial `second-guessing' of legislative and administrative decisions grounded in social, economic, and political policy.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“federal statute, regulation, or policy specifically prescribes a course of action for an employee to follow,”
4 later decisions 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.