Isham v. Blount’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
June 1981
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2409
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) The United States may be named as a party defendant in a civil action under this section to adjudicate a disputed title to real property in which the United States claims an interest, other than a security interest or water rights.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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