United States v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
290 F.2d 40 · 1961
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently October 1987 · most notably Brazier v. Cherry (1961), Justino Lugo Vega v. The Steamship Malula, Her Engines, Boilers, Etc., and Oscar G. Abello Ameller (1961)
23 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
Relies on Reid v. Covert · Kinsella v. United States Ex Rel. Singleton · McElroy v. United States Ex Rel. Guagliardo · Grisham v. Hagan · Millet v. Godchaux Sugars, Inc.
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is the action of undertaking to act in self-interest while compelled to act solely for the master's interest which subjects the servant to the duty to account.... The master as the party whose trust has been betrayed has the widest relief. He is entitled to all of the fruits of the servant's dereliction.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The master as the party whose trust has been betrayed has the widest relief. He is entitled to all of the fruits of the servant’s dereliction.” See United States v. Bowen, 290 F.2d 40 -Fifth Circuit 1961.”
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.