Alvin, Ltd. v. United States Postal Service’s Empirical Analysis
816 F.2d 1562 · 1987
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 83 later decisions — most recently May 2020 · most notably Cybor Corporation v. Fas Technologies, Inc., and Fastar Ltd., Defendants-Cross (1998), Atlas Corp. v. United States (1990)
10 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 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 41 U.S.C. § 607 · 41 U.S.C. § 609
Relies on Federal Crop Ins Corporation v. Merrill · Rock Island Co v. United States · Hobbs v. McLean · 32 Cal. 3d 47 - City and County of San Francisco v. Farrell · Torncello 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 83 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In the event of an appeal by a contractor or the Government from a decision of any agency board pursuant to section 607 of this title, notwithstanding any contract provision, regulation, or rules of law to the contrary, the decision of the agency board on any question of law shall not be final or conclusive, but the decision on any question of fact shall be final and conclusive and shall not be set aside unless the decision is fraudulent, or arbitrary, or capricious, or so grossly erroneous as to necessarily imply bad faith, or if such decision in not supported by substantial evidence.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The government enters into contracts as does a private person, and its contracts are governed by the common law”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“although it is afforded careful consideration and great respect.”
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.