Hess v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
259 F.2d 285 · 1958
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 1974 · most notably Hess v. United States (1960), Nelson v. Miller (1967)
17 federal appellate · 3 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 16 U.S.C. § 832 · 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2674
Relies on Southern Pacific Co. v. Jensen · Grant Smith-Porter Ship Co. v. Rohde · Western Fuel Co. v. Garcia · The Plymouth · Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. Union Trust Co.
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.