514 F. Supp. 1239 - Hoston v. Silbert’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2680
Relies on Imbler v. Pachtman · Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · Local Union No. 12 v. National Labor Relations Board · Smith v. United States · Powell v. Katzenbach
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“nowhere does the complaint state a cause of action for negligence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hoston v. Silbert
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.