Price v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
621 F.2d 418 · 1980
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 10 U.S.C. § 2774
Relies on United States v. Testan · United States v. King · Eastport Steamship Corp. v. United States · Linkletter v. Walker · South Puerto Rico Sugar Co. Trading Corp. 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“* * * a plaintiff must assert a substantive right enforceable against the United States for money damages. * * * The claim may be based upon a contract, or if noncontractual in nature such claims have been divided into two related classes — those in which the plaintiff has paid money to the Government and seeks the return of that money, and those demands in which money has not been paid but the plaintiff asserts that he is nevertheless entitled to payment from the United States. * * * Plaintiff’s petition fails to make the jurisdictional showing required for either type of claim. 10”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“To the extent plaintiff seeks a ruling from this court that he does not owe the Government the $1,049.31 of the debt which he says he has not yet repaid, the relief sought is in the nature of a declaratory judgment which the court is not empowered to grant. United States v. King, 395 U.S. at 5, 89 S.Ct. at 1503.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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