Specialty Assembling & Packing Co. v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
355 F.2d 554 · 1966
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 180 later decisions — most recently September 2019 · most notably Mingus Constructors, Inc. v. United States (1987), Electronic & Missile Facilities, Inc. v. United States (1969)
13 federal appellate · 9 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 41 U.S.C. § 321 · 41 U.S.C. § 322
Relies on Eastman Kodak Co of New York v. Southern Photo Materials Co · United States v. Spearin · United States v. Carlo Bianchi & Co. · Perry v. United States · Columbus Ry Power Light Co v. City of Columbus Ohio
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 180 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'In estimating damages, * * * all that the litigants have any right to expect is the exercise of the [jury's] best judgment upon the basis of the evidence provided by the parties.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is enough if the evidence adduced is sufficient to enable a court or jury to make a fair and reasonable approximation.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the law imposes an obligation to act within a reasonable period of time.”
2 later decisions 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.