United States v. Morrell’s Empirical Analysis
331 F.2d 498 · 1964
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 5 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently October 1999 · most notably Myers & Myers, Inc. v. United States Postal Service (1975), 86 Wash. 2d 607 - Haslund v. City of Seattle (1976)
23 federal appellate · 5 district · 2 state decisions
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) · 28 U.S.C. § 2680 · 43 U.S.C. § 315 · 43 U.S.C. § 315O · 43 U.S.C. § 315O
Relies on Rayonier Incorporated v. United States a Arnhold · Hatahley v. United States · Brennan v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad · Public Service Commission v. Wycoff Co. · Oman 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Any claim based upon an act or omission of an employee of the Government, exercising due care, in the execution of a statute or regulation, whether or not such statute or regulation be valid, or based upon the exercise or performance or the failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function or duty on the part of a federal agency or an employee of the Government, whether or not the discretion involved be abused.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“We have held that the grant or denial of a permit is a discretionary function. . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[the] abuse of discretion does not impose liability on the United States.”
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.