VanderMolen v. Stetson’s Empirical Analysis
571 F.2d 617 · 1977
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 10 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 58 later decisions — most recently January 2021 · most notably Lawrence D. Caldwell v. Harold G. Miller, Warden (1986), Kreis v. Secretary of the Air Force (1989)
25 federal appellate · 10 district · 1 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.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act)
Relies on United States Accardi v. Shaughnessy · Orloff v. Willoughby · Bullock v. United States · Service v. Dulles · Vitarelli v. Seaton
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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]ny ... civil action or claim against the United States, not exceeding $10,000 in amount, founded either upon the Constitution, or any Act of Congress, or any regulation of an executive department....”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Woodard v. Marsh · Goble v. Marsh“Without a verbatim transcript of the Faculty Board Proceedings it is of course impossible to review its findings. If in fact the Summary of the Faculty Board’s findings mischaracterized [the plaintiffs] position, serious prejudice might have resulted. It follows that the findings of the Faculty Board cannot legitimately have been used as the basis for any subsequent punitive action against [the plaintiff].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is, of course, a fundamental tenet of our legal system that the Government must follow its own regulations. Actions by an agency of the Executive Branch in violation of its own regulations are illegal and void.”
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.