Lilly v. Fieldstone’s Empirical Analysis
876 F.2d 857 · 1989
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 11 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently June 2021 · most notably United States v. Colorado & Eastern Railroad (1995), Ezekiel v. Michel (1995)
20 federal appellate · 11 district · 3 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. § 2679
Relies on Feres v. United States · Logue v. United States · Hein v. Ruti-Sweetwater, Inc. · Lurch 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.
“[i]t is uncontroverted that a physician must have discretion to care for a patient and may not surrender control over certain medical details.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) the intent of the parties; (2) whether the United States controls only the end result or may also control the manner and method of reaching the result; (3) whether the person uses his own equipment or that of the United States; (4) who provides liability insurance; (5) who pays social security tax; (6) whether federal regulations prohibit federal employees from performing such contracts; and (7) whether the individual has authority to subcontract to others.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[b]ecause a physician must exercise his own professional judgment, no one controls the detailed physical performance of his duties”
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.