Traylor v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
396 F.2d 837 · 1968
Citation profile
33 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently August 2012 · most notably George McClanahan and William Clinger v. William B. Mathews (1971), Felder v. United States (1976)
33 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. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act)
Relies on Dimick v. Schiedt · Hatahley v. United States · Sanders v. Leech · United Mine Workers of America and United Mine Workers of America, District 19 v. Osborne Mining Company, Inc., Osborne Mining Company, Inc. v. United Mine Workers of America and United Mine Workers of America, District 19, United Mine Workers of America and United Mine Workers of America, District 19 v. Love and Amos Coal Company, Love and Amos Coal Company v. United Mine Workers of America and United Mine Workers of America, District 19 · Moore v. Hart
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an abuse [of discretion] can be found only in extreme cases, such as ... where the award is substantially less than the unquestionably proven damages.”
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.