De Witt v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
593 F.2d 276 · 1979
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 4 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2001 · most notably United States v. Kubrick (1979), 57 Md. App. 190 - Finch v. Hughes Aircraft Co. (1984)
19 federal appellate · 4 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.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2401 · 28 U.S.C. § 2671 · 45 U.S.C. § 51 (Federal Employers' Liability Act)
Relies on United States v. Diebold, Inc. · Urie v. Thompson · Universal Builders, Inc. v. Clark · Baker v. F & F Investment · Quinton 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A tort claim against the United States shall be forever barred unless it is presented in writing to the appropriate Federal agency within two years after such claim accrues or unless action is begun within six months after the date of mailing, by certified or registered mail, of notice of final denial of the claim by the agency to which it was presented.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The party who is claiming the benefit of an exception to the operation of a statute of limitations bears the burden of showing that he is entitled to it.”
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.