George Hyman Construction Co. v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s Empirical Analysis
816 F.2d 753 · 1987
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 4 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently March 2019 · most notably Cbc Enterprises Inc v. United States (1992), Williams Enterprises, Inc. v. Sherman R. Smoot Co. (1991)
15 federal appellate · 4 district · 5 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
Relies on Greater Boston Television Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission, Whdh, Inc., a Massachusettscorporation, Intervenor. Whdh, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Greater Boston Televisioncorporation, a Massachusetts Corporation, Intervenor. Charles River Civic Television, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Whdh, Inc., Boston Broadcastersinc., Intervenors. Whdh, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Boston Broadcasters, Inc., Intervenor. Greater Boston Tv Co., Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Whdh, Inc., Boston Broadcastersinc., Intervenors · Federal Housing Administration, Region No. 4 v. Burr · Brady v. Ohio · Reconstruction Finance Corp. v. J. G. Menihan Corp. · Franchise Tax Board of California v. United States Postal Service
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“must show that [it] necessarily suffered actual damage because the nature of the delay made it impractical for [it] either 'to undertake the performance or other work' or 'to [cut back on] Home Office personnel or facilities.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“which allows a court to reverse determinations of the General Manager when they are arbitrary, capricious, unsupported by substantial evidence, or incorrect as a matter of law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]e must determine whether WMATA has sovereign immunity from liability for prejudgment interest absent a waiver and, if so, whether a waiver of that immunity in fact exists.”
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.