Ware v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
626 F.2d 1278 · 1980
Citation profile
45 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 66 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably Barrett v. United States (1982), Skwira ex rel. Estate of Skwira v. United States (2003)
45 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1491 · 28 U.S.C. § 2401 · 28 U.S.C. § 2674 · 28 U.S.C. § 2675 · 28 U.S.C. § 2680
Relies on United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · Edelman v. Jordan · United States v. Sherwood · Dalehite v. United States · Hagans v. Lavine
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 66 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The government’s misrepresentation caused Ware to do nothing save remain in ignorance that he had suffered a compensable loss. The government not Ware, destroyed the cattle and caused the damage. Ware’s complaint, thus, arose out of, not a negligent misrepresentation, but an allegedly negligent misdiagnosis that caused the government to destroy his cattle.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“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, (emphasis added).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a)(1) The United States Court of Federal Claims shall have jurisdiction to render judgment upon any claim , against the United States founded either upon the Constitution, or any Act of Congress or any regulation of an executive department, or upon any express or implied contract with the United States----”
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.