McDuffee v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
769 F.2d 492 · 1985
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently August 2010
13 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 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. § 1292 · 28 U.S.C. § 2401 · 28 U.S.C. § 2671
Relies on Cincinnati Milacron Chemicals, Inc. v. Blankenship · Bulova Watch Co. v. United States · Homan v. United States · Rust v. Quality Car Corral, Inc. · Gotham Provision Company Inc First State Bank of Miami v. Gotham Provision Company Inc
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A tort claim against the United States shall be forever barred unless it is presented in writing to the appropriate Federal agency within two years after such claim accrues or unless action is begun within six months after the date of mailing, by certified or registered mail, of notice of final denial of the claim by the agency to which it was presented, (emphasis added).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Id. at 494. As we recognized in McDuffee, each of those cases applied the modern doctrine and held that the six-month statute of limitations under the FTCA ends on the six-month anniversary date. In fact, our statement of agreement with Murray, Yedwab, and Kollios directly followed this quote from Kollios: 26 Appellants' administrative claims were denied by letter dated July 23, 1973. The district court applied the so-called”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]e have no doubt that Murray, Yedwab, and Kollios, are correct.”
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.