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Lowe v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

611 F.2d 76 · 1980

Citation profile

10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
December 1986
most recently cited

5 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act)

Relies on Amalg. Transit Union v. Pub. Emp. Rel. Com'n · Fisher v. United States · 68 So. 2d 406 - Florida Power & Light Co. v. Robinson · 327 So. 2d 121 - Lake Parker Mall, Inc. v. Carson · Alexander 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “may not be held liable just because it retains the right to require adherence to safety regulations.”
    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.