Lane v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
529 F.2d 175 · 1975
Citation profile
52 federal appellate · 6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 91 later decisions — most recently July 2010 · most notably McMellon v. United States (2004), Canadian Transport Company Nv v. United States (1980)
52 federal appellate · 6 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.
Relationships
Applies 14 U.S.C. § 86 · 28 U.S.C. § 2680 · 33 U.S.C. § 409
Relies on Wyandotte Transportation Co. v. United States · Somerset Seafood Co. v. United States · De Bardeleben Marine Corp. v. United States · Roberts 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 91 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[The SIAA] contains no discretionary function exception, and the Tort Claims Act contains a specific exception of claims for which the Suits in Admiralty Act provides a remedy. Thus it is clear that this action could not have been brought under the Tort Claims Act, and it is properly maintainable under the Suits in Admiralty Act, which is an effective waiver of sovereign immunity. There is no basis upon which we can import the many exceptions in the Tort Claims Act into the Suits in Admiralty Act, where the United States is to be held accountable in admiralty whenever a private person, in similar circumstances, would be.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“... 46 U.S.C. § 742 was amended in 1960 to subject the United States to libels in personam, not just when a government vessel or cargo was involved but in every situation in which, if a private person were involved, a proceeding in admiralty could be maintained.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“in such manner and for so long as, In his judgment, the needs of maritime navigation require”
4 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.