Ayers v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
750 F.2d 449 · 1985
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently January 2019 · most notably Cramer v. Skinner (1991), Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company v. Sullivan (1988)
22 federal appellate · 1 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. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act)
Relies on Inwood Laboratories, Inc. v. Ives Laboratories, Inc. · United States v. Muniz · Hill v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners, Local 25 · United States v. American Ry Express Co Southeastern Express Co · Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Lyman Lamb Co.
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Review of factual determinations by the district court is limited by the “clearly erroneous” standard of Fed.R.Civ.P. 52(a). This limited review recognizes the unique opportunity of the district court to make credibility choices and resolve conflicts in the evidence. ‘ “[U]nless an appellate court is left with the ‘definite and form conviction that a mistake has been committed,’ it must accept the trial court’s findings.” ’”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[U]nless an appellate court is left with the 'definite and form conviction that a mistake has been committed,' it must accept the trial court's findings.”
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.