McCall v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
901 F.2d 548 · 1990
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently September 2021
16 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 18 U.S.C. § 4126 · 5 U.S.C. § 8103 · 5 U.S.C. § 8116 · 5 U.S.C. § 8128
Relies on Lockheed Aircraft Corp. v. United States · De Simone v. United States · Joyce v. United States · Reep v. United States · Balancio 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the initial wrong is the cause of all that follows, even when there has intervened a succeeding negligent act that produced the aggravation.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Wright, we believe, is distinguishable. In that case, the plaintiff was injured while at work, but her injury ... was not work-related.... Another distinguishing factor is that Wright’s primary malpractice complaint was that improper use of a respirator damaged her trachea, an injury quite distinct from the one that brought her to the hospital in the first place.... McCall’s case is plainly different from the facts in Wright.... MeCall’s initial injury was clearly suffered in the performance of her duties. The alleged malpractice injury- was closely related to the initial injury. This case also differs from Wright in that there has been found to be FECA coverage involved.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The liability of the United States ... under this subchapter ... with respect to the injury or death of an employee is exclusive and instead of all other liability of the United States ... to the employee, his legal representative, spouse, dependents, next of kin, and any other person otherwise entitled to recover damages from the United States ... because of the injury or death in a direct judicial proceeding, in a civil action, or in admiralty, or by an administrative or judicial proceeding-under a workmen’s compensation statute or under a Federal tort liability statute.”
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.