Schmidt v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
427 F.2d 720 · 1970
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 10 U.S.C. § 1552 · 37 U.S.C. § 501
Relies on Ainsworth v. United States · Egan v. United States · Egan v. United States · Vitarelli v. United States · Zeiger 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an error committed by the government [paying Schmidt for over 60 days, does not] support a recovery in direct contravention of an act of Congress.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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