Benjamin v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
348 F.2d 502 · 1965
Citation profile
2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 68 later decisions — most recently April 1992 · most notably Nager Electric Company, Inc. And Keystone Engineering Corporation v. The United States (1966), Algonac Manufacturing Co. v. United States (1970)
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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2501
Relies on Douglas v. Alabama · Schillinger v. United States · United States v. El Paso Natural Gas Co. · Friedman v. United States · Friedman 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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“* * * (1) a need for the property develops after it has been declared surplus and offered for sale, or (2) a serious mistake has been made, such as a grave price discrepancy between the true value of the item and the amount bid. [ 162 Ct.Cl. at 396 , 320 F.2d at 362 .]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““To read the clause in [an] unlimited fashion — excusing all damages for any type of breach — would come close to (if not reach) the pit of voidness; the Government would in effect promise nothing although the other party would supposedly be bound.” [Id. (quoting Freedman, 162 Ct.Cl. at 403, 320 F.2d at 366 ) (footnote omitted).]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.