Chambers v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
451 F.2d 1045 · 1971
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 4 district ·
Relationships
Applies 10 U.S.C. § 876 · 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1491 · 28 U.S.C. § 1495 · 28 U.S.C. § 2201 · 28 U.S.C. § 2680 · 29 U.S.C. § 158 (§ 8 of the National Labor Relations Act) · 29 U.S.C. § 215
Relies on Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · United States v. Sherwood · William Marbury v. James Madison · 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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We can conclude from the authorities cited above that a government job is not property, does not Involve contract rights, 'but does include, tenure, salary and duties. It can only be conferred by appointment as authorized by Congress. Unless a person has been so appointed, he is not in the government employ and is not a public officer. * * * [Id. at 229, 451 F. 2d at 1070 .]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“* * * confronted with a situation where defendant admits that it discriminated against [the plaintiff] because of race and but for that discrimination she would have been employed at a particular grade and salary on March 17, 1967. * * *”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Court of 'Claims shall have jurisdiction to render judgment upon any claim against the United States founded either upon the Constitution, or any Act of Congress, or any regulation of an executive department, * * *. * * * * !¡í”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.