Allen v. Veterans Administration’s Empirical Analysis
749 F.2d 1386 · 1984
Citation profile
34 federal appellate · 9 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions — most recently November 2019 · most notably Allgeier v. United States (1990), Paulk v. Department of the Air Force (1987)
34 federal appellate · 9 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. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2401
Relies on United States v. Radio Television News Directors Ass'n · Gary Aircraft Corp. v. United States · Washington v. Confederated Bands & Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation · Ingram v. Kumar · Murray v. Curlett
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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The Federal Tort Claims Act provides that the United States is the sole party which may be sued for personal injuries arising out of the negligence of its employees. Individual agencies of the United States may not be sued.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Only if the United States Attorney and the Attorney General receive notice of the suit prior to the running of the statute of limitations will a plaintiff be allowed to substitute the United States as a defendant under Rule 15(c). This is not an unreasonable rule, particularly considering that Rule 4(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure require service upon both the United States Attorney and the Attorney General whenever an agency is sued.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“actual knowledge possessed by an agency will not be imputed to 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.