Nelms v. Laird’s Empirical Analysis
442 F.2d 1163 · 1971
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 1994
5 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 14 U.S.C. § 86 · 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2680 · 33 U.S.C. § 409
Relies on Dalehite v. United States · McAllister v. United States · MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co. · Rayonier Incorporated v. United States a Arnhold · Dalehite 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Any claim . . . based upon the exercise or performance or the failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function or duty on the part of a federal agency or an employee of the Government, whether or not the discretion involved be abused.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““The defense needs of the nation and the degree of air crew competence required to meet those needs are precisely the kind of decision that the Congress intended should not be second-guessed in a tort action.” Nelms v. Laird, 442 F.2d 1163 .”
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.