Tripp v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act)
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Kowal v. MCI Communications Corp. · Doe v. United States Department of Justice · Art Metal-U.S.A., Inc. v. United States · Daskalea v. District of Columbia
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Unless plaintiff can establish a duty under District law to keep employee records such as security clearance application forms confidential, she cannot state a claim for negligence under the FTCA.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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