Bennett v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2401
Relies on Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Gaudette v. Webb · Cimino v. Milford Keg, Inc. · Nancy P. v. D'AMATO · Cepero-Rivera v. Fagundo
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The executor or administrator 'merely acts as [a] representative or conduit for the children's recovery.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“must be brought by the decedent's executor or administrator.”
1 later decision 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.