Cook v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
855 F.2d 848 · 1988
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently November 2022 · most notably Biggs v. Wilson (1993), Doyle v. United States (1991)
4 federal appellate · 1 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 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 29 U.S.C. § 207 · 29 U.S.C. § 216 · 29 U.S.C. § 255 · 5 U.S.C. § 5596
Relies on United States v. Testan · Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. · Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston · National League of Cities v. Usery · Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a claim for unpaid overtime under the FLSA accrues at the end of each pay period when it is not paid.” (citing Beebe v. United States, 226 Ct.Cl. 308 , 640 F.2d 1283, 1293 (1981) (”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“As regards the case of a federal agency that has in good faith accepted and followed the advice of the Secretary of Labor, we think a new per se rule is now appropriate; given these facts, that any mistake in responding to the demands of the FLSA is not willful.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“With respect to the length of the limitations period, we reverse and remand with directions to ascertain who is now a party, and the damages, if any, to be recovered by any party on the basis that the limitations period is two years, not three, subject to tolling if the court so holds.”
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.