United States Martin Steel Constructors Inc v. Avanti Constructors Inc’s Empirical Analysis
750 F.2d 759 · 1984
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 10 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 53 later decisions — most recently December 2015 · most notably Blakeslee Arpaia Chapman, Inc. v. EI Constructors, Inc. (1997), United Structures of America, Inc. v. G.R.G. Engineering (1993)
7 federal appellate · 10 district · 6 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
Relies on F. D. Rich Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Industrial Lumber Co. · Grosso v. Pennsylvania · United States ex rel. Johnson v. Morley Const. Co. · Glassell-Taylor Co. v. Magnolia Petroleum 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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the materials were supplied in prosecution of the work provided for in the contract; (2) he has not been paid; (3) he had a good faith belief that the materials were intended for the specified work; and (4) the jurisdictional requisites were met.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is to protect persons supplying materials and labor for federal projects.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a set-off defense is not available in a Miller Act claim in the absence of privity.”
2 later decisions 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.