Wright v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
404 F.2d 244 · 1968
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 22 later decisions — most recently May 1994
13 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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 Dalehite v. United States · Scalza v. United States · United States v. Page · Kirk v. United States
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The United States is liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act only for damages ‘caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of any employee of the Government while acting within the scope of his office or employment.’ 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (b). Liability under the Act ‘does not arise by virtue either of United States ownership of an “inherently dangerous commodity” or property, or of engaging in an “extra-hazardous” activity.’ Dalehite v. United States, 346 U.S. 15, 45 , 73 S.Ct. 956, 972 , 97 L.Ed. 1427 (1953). Consequently, the plaintiffs cannot recover under their theory of strict liability.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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