In re Smith & Wesson’s Empirical Analysis
757 F.2d 431 · 1985
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 6 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1491 · 5 U.S.C. § 706
Relies on Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc. · United States v. Turkette · William Marbury v. James Madison · Russello v. United States · Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“28 U.S.C. Sec. 1491(a)(3) did not divest the district courts of jurisdiction in pre-award contract claims.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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