Graham County Soil & Water Conservation District v. United States Ex Rel. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis
559 U.S. 280 · 2010
Citation profile
223 federal appellate · 95 district · 38 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2114 · 31 U.S.C. § 3729 (False Claims Act) · 31 U.S.C. § 3730 (False Claims Act) · 31 U.S.C. § 3801 (Administrative False Claims Act) · 31 U.S.C. § 7502
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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 646 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“in their context and with a view to their place in the overall statutory scheme.”
34 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“has direct and independent knowledge of the information on which the allegations are based and has voluntarily provided the information to the Government before filing an action.” 31 U.S.C. § 3730 (e)(4)(B). The district court concluded that Oliver had failed to demonstrate he was an”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“construe statutes, not isolated provisions.”
7 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.