Aikens v. Ingram’s Empirical Analysis
811 F.3d 643 · 2016
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1985
Relies on Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Butz v. Economou · Feres v. United States · Chappell v. Wallace · Department of the Navy v. Egan
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In recent years the Supreme Court has embarked on a course dedicated to broadening the Feres doctrine to encompass, at a minimum, all injuries suffered by military personnel that are even remotely related to the individual's status as a member of the military.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In the nearly 70 years since the decision, Feres and its progeny have failed to produce a specific element-based or bright-line rule regarding what type of conduct is incident to service.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Where a complaint asserts injuries that stem from the relationship between the plaintiff and the plaintiff's service in the military, the incident to service test is implicated.”
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.