Cameron v. Thornburgh’s Empirical Analysis
983 F.2d 253 · 1993
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 104 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 136 later decisions — most recently February 2021 · most notably Simpkins v. District of Columbia Government (1997), Moore v. Agency for International Development (1993)
14 federal appellate · 104 district ·
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. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1391 · 28 U.S.C. § 1406
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Estelle v. Gamble · Foman v. Davis
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 136 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[c]ourts in this circuit must examine challenges to ... venue carefully to guard against the danger that a plaintiff might manufacture venue in the District of Columbia.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) a judicial district in which any defendant resides, if all defendants are residents of the State in which the district is located; (2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred ... or (3) if there is no district in which an action may otherwise be brought as provided in this section, any judicial district in which any defendant is subject to the court’s personal jurisdiction with respect to such action.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a court [may] reject a case for improper venue without deciding the question of personal jurisdiction.” Id. Accordingly, because the venue question”
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.