Hicks v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis
606 F.2d 65 · 1979
Citation profile
40 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently January 2016 · most notably Rushing v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co. (1999), Portmann v. United States (1982)
40 federal appellate · 2 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
Relies on Federal Crop Ins Corporation v. Merrill · Utah Power Light Company v. United States No 202 United States · Wilber Nat Bank of Oneonta Ny v. United States · Sanitary District of Chicago 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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Estoppel cannot be asserted against the United States in actions arising out of the exercise of its sovereign powers”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]f the loan is determined to be insurable, the Commissioner shall, by affixing to the application evidence thereof, advise the lender that the loan is insurable and the amount of insurance. The insurance shall extend to all disbursements made pursuant to the loan except that, unless expressly provided for, no disbursements made on a loan prior to the issuance of the insurance shall be covered.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Whether the defense of estoppel may be asserted against the United States in actions instituted by it depends upon whether such actions arise out of transactions entered into in its proprietory capacity or contract relationships, or whether the actions arise out of the exercise of its powers of government. The United States is not subject to an estoppel which impedes the exercise of the powers of government, and is not estopped to deny the validity of a transaction or agreement which the law does not sanction. Nor does an estoppel arise through an act or representation made by an officer or agent without authority to act for the government in the premises.”
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.