Courtright v. Pittman’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 10 U.S.C. § 911 · 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act)
Relies on Williams v. United States · United States v. Eleazer · United States v. Sharpe · Cooner v. United States · United States v. Mraz
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * There is doubtless a philosophical divergence in the theory that a master is not liable for the wrongful acts of his servant, unless done in respect to the very transaction out of which the injury arose, and the theory that a master is liable for his servant’s negligent acts if done while engaged in the master’s business and did not arise from some external, independent and personal motive on his part. * * *””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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