Millbrook v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
569 U.S. 50 · 2013
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 3 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2026 · most notably Vanderklok v. United States (2017), 930 F. Supp. 554 - Does v. Covington County School Board of Education (2003)
5 federal appellate · 3 district · 4 state decisions
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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Third Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2680
Relies on Barnhart v. Sigmon Coal Co. · Ali v. Federal Bureau of Prisons · Jimenez v. Quarterman · Michigan Workers' Compensation Insurance Agency v. Ace American Insurance · Pooler 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“extends to acts or omissions of law enforcement officers that arise within the scope of their employment, regardless of whether the officers are engaged in investigative or law enforcement activity, or are executing a search, seizing evidence, or making an arrest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Had Congress intended to further narrow the scope of the proviso, Congress could have limited it....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“investigative or law enforcement officers”
1 later decision 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.