United States v. Bormes’s Empirical Analysis

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7 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions

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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “provides that '[t]he district courts shall have original jurisdiction, concurrent with the United States Court of Federal Claims, of ... [a]ny ... civil action or claim against the United States, not exceeding $10,000 in amount, founded ... upon ... any Act of Congress.' " United States v. Bormes , 568 U.S. 6 , 7, 133 S.Ct. 12 , 184 L.Ed.2d 317 (2012) (quoting 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (a)(2) ). At its core, the Little Tucker Act specifically describes claims "against the United States.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Robinson v. U.S. Dep't of Educ.

2. “The Tucker Act is displaced ... when a law assertedly imposing monetary liability on the United States contains its own judicial remedies. In that event, the specific remedial scheme establishes the exclusive framework for the liability Congress created under the statute.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Alvarado Hospital, LLC v. Price

3. “any individual, partnership, corporation, trust, estate, cooperative, association, government or governmental subdivision or agency, or other entity.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Robinson v. U.S. Dep't of Educ.