Willis v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
719 F.2d 608 · 1983
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 6 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently May 2025 · most notably Ramming v. United States (2001), Houston v. United States Postal Service (1987)
11 federal appellate · 6 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. § 1292 · 28 U.S.C. § 2401 · 28 U.S.C. § 2671 · 28 U.S.C. § 2672 · 28 U.S.C. § 2675 · 28 U.S.C. § 2679
Relies on Houltin v. United States · Shoup Voting Machine Corp. v. Datamedia Computer Service, Inc. · Markham v. Cabell · De Sylva v. Ballentine · Chlorine Institute, Inc. v. Occupational Safety & Health Administration
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 37 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.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is settled that 'or' may be read to mean 'and' when the context so indicates.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“little force in the contention that plaintiffs could escape the consequences of their failure to bring suit within six months of the denial of their claims by filing new claims within the allowable two year period”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Redlin v. U.S.
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.