Daniel Reed v. Pershing County’s Empirical Analysis

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4 district ·

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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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a]ny claim based upon an act or omission of an employee of the Government, exercising due care, in the execution of a statute or regulation, whether or not such statute or regulation be valid, or based upon the exercise or performance or the failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function or duty on the part of a federal agency or an employee of the Government, whether or not the discretion involved be abused.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Plater v. United States · 195 F. Supp. 2d 1229 - McDougal v. U.S. Forest Service

2. “civil actions on claims against the United States, for money damages, accruing on and after January 1, 1945, for injury or loss of property, or personal injury or death caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of any employee of the Government while acting within the scope of his office or employment, under circumstances where the United States, if a private person, would be liable to the claimant in accordance with the law of the place where the act or omission occurred.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 176 F. Supp. 2d 970 - Baker v. San Carlos Irrigation Project

3. “[s]ome would disagree with the manner of the agency's exercise of its discretion, but that is irrelevant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Meagher v. United States