Sanchez v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
813 F.2d 593 · 1987
Citation profile
8 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2005
8 federal appellate ·
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. § 2675
Relies on Feres v. United States · United States v. Shearer · PepsiCo, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission · Parker III v. United States · Hass ex rel. United States v. United States
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Sanchez I ") (comparing the liability theory in Bozeman to the facts of Sanchez and remanding the case for further Feres consideration because "it [did] not appear on the record that the district court [would] find it inevitably necessary to inquire into Marine Corps policies for staffing and operating its auto repair facilities”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In light of Johnson and Stanley, we find that a clarification of our prior opinion is in order. We withdraw the conclusion in our prior opinion that the military discipline rationale “has come to be considered the primary rationale of the Feres doctrine.” Nonetheless, we adhere to our view that, at this preliminary stage in the proceedings, it remains to be seen whether Sanchez’s injuries “arise out of or are in the course of activity incident to service.” Accordingly, we grant the motion to recall our prior mandate, reverse the decision of the district court, and remand this action for further proceedings in light of the “three broad rationales” underlying Feres, and to determine whether the appellant’s injuries “arise out of or are in the course of activity incident to service.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“At this early stage of the case, it is difficult to predict the specifics of plaintiffs theory in this litigation; consequently, it does not seem inevitable to us, on the basis of the record thus far, that military decisions will be questioned.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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