Wright v. Doe’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2679 · 28 U.S.C. § 2680
Relies on United States v. Neustadt · Hungerford v. United States · Woods v. Brumlop · Beech v. United States · Moos 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Defense of certain malpractice and negligence suits. “(a) The remedy against the United States provided by sections 1346(b) and 2672 of title 28 [the Federal Torts Claims Act] for damages for personal injuries including death allegedly arising from malpractice or negligence of a physician ... in furnishing medical care or treatment while in the exercise of his duties in or for the Department of Medicine and Surgery shall hereafter be exclusive of any other civil action or proceeding by reason of the same subject matter against such physician ... whose act or omission gave rise to such claim. “(b) The Attorney General shall defend any civil action or proceeding brought in any court against any persons referred to in subsection a of this section (or his estate) for any such damage or injury ----””
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.