Durant v. Husband’s Empirical Analysis
28 F.3d 12 · 1994
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently November 2014
1 federal appellate · 5 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. § 2072 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 48 U.S.C. § 1541 (Revised Organic Act)
Relies on United States v. Reynolds · Burlington Northern Railroad v. Woods · Ngiraingas v. Sanchez · Campbell v. Eastland · Anchorage Associates v. Virgin Islands Board of Tax Review
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If it is necessary to determine the amount of damages or to establish the truth of any averment by evidence, the court may conduct a hearing.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“No judgment shall be granted on any claim against the [g]overnment ... except upon such legal evidence as would establish liability against an individual or corporation in a court of law, and no judgment by default shall be entered against the [g]overnment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Durant v. Husband“caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of an employee ... while acting within the scope of his office or employment, under circumstances where the Government of the Virgin Islands, if a private person, would be liable to the claimant....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Durant v. Husband
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.