Brunn v. Dowdye’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2680 · 48 U.S.C. § 1541 (Revised Organic Act)
Relies on United States v. Cotton · Henderson v. Shinseki · Sheridan v. United States · Henderson v. Shinseki · Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Muchnick
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“no tort action shall be brought against the government of the Virgin Islands or against any officer or employee thereof in his official capacity without the consent of the legislature.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“prompt notice of the damages or injuries and the surrounding circumstances in order that the matter might be investigated and ... liability determined.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“If the notice is sufficiently definite to inform the officers ... of the time and cause of claimant's injuries or damages, it should be upheld.”
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.