Bergman v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
751 F.2d 314 · 1984
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 12 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently April 2022 · most notably Tijerina v. Walters (1987), Diliberti v. United States (1987)
22 federal appellate · 12 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. § 2671 · 28 U.S.C. § 2680 · 5 U.S.C. § 552A (§ 3 of the Privacy Act of 1974)
Relies on Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Transport Workers Union · Ward v. Caulk · Gross v. United States · Edward E. Oppenheim v. Alan K. Campbell, Chairman, Civil Service Commission
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) an error is made in maintaining the plaintiffs records; (2) the plaintiff was wronged by such error; and (3) the plaintiff either knew or had reason to know of such error.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“within two years from the date on which the cause of action arises.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““to maintain 9 any record concerning any individual with such accuracy, relevance, timeliness, and completeness as is necessary to assure fairness in any determination relating to qualifications, character, rights, or opportunities of, or benefits to the individual that may be made on the basis of such record, and consequently a determination is made which is adverse to the individual....””
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.