Chambers v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
357 F.2d 224 · 1966
Citation profile
56 federal appellate · 6 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 114 later decisions — most recently January 2019 · most notably Goodman v. Brock Ex Rel. Estate of Brock (1972), Vanderboom v. Sexton (1970)
56 federal appellate · 6 district · 7 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)
Relies on Feres v. United States · United States v. Brown · United States v. Western Electric Co. · Durasteel Co. v. Great Lakes Steel Corp.
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 114 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The purpose of our summary judgment rule is to expeditiously determine cases without necessity for formal trial where there is no substantial issue of fact and is in the nature of an inquiry to determine whether genuine issues of fact exist. If no factual dispute exists and the complaint does not state a cause of action, it should be disposed of by summary judgment rather than exposing the litigants to unnecessary delay, work and expense in going to trial when the trial judge would be bound to direct a verdict in movant’s favor after all evidence is adduced.” Chambers v. United States, 357 F.2d 224, 227 (8th Cir. 1966).”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(e)ven though he might have had a furlough order in his pocket or might have been engaged in swimming for recreation”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In a series of decisions now known as the Feres doctrine, the Supreme Court established a judicially created exception to the waiver of sovereign immunity in the FTCA, holding that the United States is not liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act for injuries to servicemen where the injuries arise out of or are in the course of activity incident to military service.”
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.