Bell v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
404 F.2d 975 · 1968
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 101 later decisions — most recently April 2011 · most notably Electronic & Missile Facilities, Inc. v. United States (1969), Bluebonnet Savings Bank Fsb Stone Capital Inc James Fail v. United States (2001)
4 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
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. § 2516 · 41 U.S.C. § 321
Relies on Brennan v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad · Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc., a Corporation v. The United States · Hol-Gar Manufacturing Corp. v. United States · WRB Corp. v. United States · Ramsey 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 101 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“apply to demands for damages in “breach” claims against the United States where the plaintiff seeks compensation for delay in payment. The demand here is not based upon a “breach” but upon a change compensable under the “Changes” article which entitles the contractor to the resulting “increase * * * in the cost of performance of this contract.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Contracting Officer may at any time, by a written order, and without notice to the sureties make changes of any one or more of the following types: [list of change types].... If such changes cause an increase or decrease in the amount of work under this contract or in the cost of performance of this contract or in the time required for its performance an equitable adjustment shall be made....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Board will have to make the determination, either on the present record or after further evidence is produced.”
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.