Barnes v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
307 F.2d 655 · 1962
Citation profile
16 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently March 2017 · most notably National Treasury Employees Union v. Campbell (1978), Shannon v. United States (1969)
16 federal appellate ·
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. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 5 U.S.C. § 2103
Relies on Railsback v. United States
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The district courts of the United States have original jurisdiction . . . of a civil action or claim against the United States founded on [FEGLIA].”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““[ 5 U.S.C. § 8715 ] would clarify the rights of claimants who may wish to make the United States a party to a court action involving a claim under the program. This section would extend the jurisdiction of United States District Courts above the $10,000 limitation now in effect.” S.Rep. No. 1654, 83d Cong., 2d Sess. 4-5 (1954), U.S.Code Cong. & Admin.News 1954, p. 3052.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Thus, irrespective of amount, the District Courts were granted jurisdiction over civil actions or claims “founded upon” the Act. The United States has consented to be sued, we conclude, to the extent that any such civil action or claim can be shown to involve some right created by this Act and a breach by the Government of some duty with respect thereto.”
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.