Smith v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
932 F.2d 791 · 1991
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1402 · 28 U.S.C. § 2680 · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 702 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on United States v. Mitchell · Richards v. United States · Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Arabian American Oil Co. · Blitz v. Boog · Burnet v. Chicago Portrait Co.
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.
“indication that the [statute] was not intended to apply to Antarctica is the choice of law problem”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.