Hoch v. Carter’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently August 1980
6 federal appellate · 2 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. § 2401 · 28 U.S.C. § 2679
Relies on McGee v. International Life Insurance · Simon v. United States · Pittman v. United States · United States v. Glenn · Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. Elliotte
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The remedy by suit against the United States as provided by section 1346(b) [Tort Claims Act section on negligence of government employee] of this title for damage to property or for personal injury, including death, resulting from the operation by any employee of the Government of any motor vehicle while acting within the scope of his office or employment, shall hereafter be exclusive of any other civil action or proceeding by reason of the same subject matter against the employee or his estate whose act or omission gave rise to the claim.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““(d) upon a certification by the Attorney General that the defendant employee was acting within the scope of his employment . . . any civil action . . . commenced in a State court shall be removed without bond ... to the district court . . . and the proceedings deemed a tort action brought against the United States. . . .””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gush v. Bunker“(a) tort claim against the United States shall be forever barred unless it is presented in writing to the appropriate Federal agency within two years after such claim accrues . . . .”
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.