Wyletal v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
907 F.2d 49 · 1990
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2671
Relies on United States v. Reliable Transfer Co. · 85 Ill. 2d 1 - Alvis v. Ribar · American Hospital Supply Corp. v. Hospital Products Ltd. · The Schooner Catharine v. Noah Dickinson · Ampat/Midwest, Inc. v. Illinois Tool Works Inc.
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A factual determination is clearly erroneous only if, after considering all the evidence, the reviewing court is left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.”
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.