Pasteur v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
814 F.2d 624 · 1987
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently December 2016 · most notably Madison Galleries, Ltd. v. United States (1989), Marano v. Department of Justice (1993)
6 federal appellate · 2 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 35 U.S.C. § 135 · 41 U.S.C. § 602
Relies on Southeastern Community College v. Davis · Rector Etc of Holy Trinity Church v. United States · United States v. John C. Grimberg Co. · Coastal Corporation v. United States · Texas State Commission for the Blind 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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Both [the economy of our society and the success of many major Government programs] can be affected by the existence of competition and quality contractors—or by the lack thereof. The way potential contractors view the disputes-resolving system influences how, whether, and at what prices they compete for Government contract business.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“any express or implied contract . . . entered into by an executive agency for — (1) the procurement of property, other than real property in being.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“application of complex, burdensome, and inevitably time-consuming procurement regulations”
2 later decisions 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.