Buer v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
241 F.2d 3 · 1956
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently May 1983 · most notably Johnson v. United States (1983), Shults v. United States (1969)
16 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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. § 2671 · 28 U.S.C. § 2674
Relies on Feres v. United States · United States v. Brown · Brooks v. United States · Griggs v. United States · Jefferson 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘We conclude that the government is not liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act for injuries to servicemen where the injuries arise out of or are in the course of activity incident to service.’ ” (Emphasis supplied.)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Plaintiff insists that the injuries complained of in the case at bar did not arise out of his military service because when he was injured on the highway he was on leave. However, plaintiff is not here suing the person who caused his injuries on the North Carolina highway. His claim is based upon alleged malpractice of the army surgeon who operated upon him after he had been returned to the hospital at the Post where he was assigned for military duty.... Here we have the “army surgeon’s slip of the hand.” [referred to in Feres] Plaintiff was in the army hospital at Fort Bragg because he was a member of the armed forces of the United States located at that station. Under army regulations, he was no longer on leave. We hold the rule in Feres ... is applicable and the judgment dismissing the complaint is affirmed. 241 F.2d at 6 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.