Kyer v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
369 F.2d 714 · 1966
Citation profile
13 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 71 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2020 · most notably United States v. Hopkins (1976), Porter v. United States (1974)
13 federal appellate ·
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. § 1442 · 28 U.S.C. § 1491 · 28 U.S.C. § 2517 · 7 U.S.C. § 602 · 7 U.S.C. § 608C (Food and Agriculture Act of 1965) · 7 U.S.C. § 608E · 7 U.S.C. § 610 · 7 U.S.C. § 612C (Commodity Distribution Reform Act)
Relies on United States v. Butler · Blackmar v. Guerre · Ng Kam Fook v. P a Esperdy · G. L. Christian & Associates v. United States · Aias v. Louisiana
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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“For the purpose of this paragraph, an express or implied contract with the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, Navy Exchanges, Marine Corps Exchanges, Coast Guard Exchanges, or Exchange Councils of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall be considered an express or implied contract with the United States.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“contract must be one which, in the contemplation of Congress, could obligate public monies.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“We are mindful of the fact that the result reached spells an unduly harsh result. Plaintiff has searched in vain for a forum in which the merits of his claim might be aired. We add, though perhaps of little comfort, that the lack of jurisdiction which plaintiff has faced at every turn is a matter which sorely needs congressional correction.”
2 later decisions 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.