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919 F.3d 1038 · 2019

Citation profile

8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
June 2025
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2680 · 30 U.S.C. § 813 · 30 U.S.C. § 814 · 30 U.S.C. § 825

Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · United States v. Gaubert · Berkovitz v. United States · United States v. S.A. Empresa De Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense · Williamson v. Tucker

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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “it involves an element of judgment or choice instead of being controlled by mandatory statutes or regulations.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “whether the challenged conduct or omission is 'truly discretionary'”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “based on considerations of social, economic, and political policy.”
    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.