McCarthy v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
850 F.2d 558 · 1988
Citation profile
54 federal appellate · 50 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 240 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2019 · most notably Holt v. United States (1995), Boyd III v. United States Army Corps Engineers (1989)
54 federal appellate · 50 district · 9 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 16 U.S.C. § 460D · 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 33 U.S.C. § 603A · 33 U.S.C. § 702C
Relies on Land US v. Dollar · United States v. James · Julius Goldman's Egg City v. United States · Multistate Legal Studies, Inc. v. Ladd, Register of Copyrights
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 240 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is not restricted to the face of the pleadings, but may review any evidence, such as affidavits and testimony, to resolve factual disputes concerning the existence of jurisdiction.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“No liability of any kind shall attach to or rest upon the United States for any damage from or by floods or flood waters at any place.” 3 .The Court interpreted”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Act concerns flood control projects designed to carry floodwaters. It is thus clear from § 702c’s plain language that the terms "flood” and "flood waters” apply to all waters contained in or carried through a federal flood control project for purposes of or related to flood control, as well as to waters that such projects cannot control.”
4 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.