Leaf v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
588 F.2d 733 · 1978
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2016 · most notably Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain (2004), Vuitton et Fils S.A. v. J. Young Enterprises, Inc. (1981)
32 federal appellate · 4 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 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2680
Relies on Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · United States v. Diebold, Inc. · Richards v. United States · 11 Cal. 3d 574 - Hurtado v. Superior Court · Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Causation is generally a question of fact for the jury, 'unless the proof is insufficient to raise a reasonable inference that the act complained of was the proximate cause of the injury.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A]n FTCA claim may arise in the United States ... even though the act or omission had its 'operative effect' ... in a foreign country.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A claim `arises', as that term is used in . . . 2680(k), where the acts or omissions that proximately cause the loss take place”
2 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.