Combs v. United States

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that because defendant and his insurer failed to assert Section 2679 defenses or deliver suit papers to Government, plaintiffs could recover against defendant personally as well as against United States under theory of respondeat superior
• the court also noted that whether a defendant was acting within the scope of employment is a separate issue decided in accordance with state law of respondeat superior

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Shirley McLaurin Individually and on Behalf of the Heirs of Milton Stubbs, Deceased v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-12-02· cited 19×
• Weaver v. United States Coast Guard
  S.D. Texas· 1994-06-30· cited 6×
• Clayton v. HEARTLAND RESOURCES, INC.
  W.D. Kentucky· 2010-11-16· cited 5×
• Lafferty v. United States
  E.D. Kentucky· 1995-04-04· cited 4×
• Zetter v. Griffith Aviation, Inc.
  E.D. Kentucky· 2006-06-16· cited 2×
• COMMONWEALTH LABOR CABINET v. Morris
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2006-01-13· cited 1×
• McLaurin v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-12-21
• Fiocca v. Kirschner
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2002-05-16

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Smith
  Supreme Court· 1991-03-20· cited 361×
• Williams v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1955-10-17· cited 320×
• Federal Power Commission v. Colorado Interstate Gas Co.
  Supreme Court· 1955-03-28· cited 170×
• Maryland Ex Rel. Levin v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1965-05-03· cited 122×
• Sammy J. Vantrease v. United States
  Sixth Circuit· 1968-09-04· cited 46×
• United States v. Freeman Taylor, United States of America v. Homer L. Demoss
  Sixth Circuit· 1956-09-14· cited 37×
• United States v. William G. Carroll
  Eighth Circuit· 1966-12-21· cited 28×
• Robert B. Mider v. United States
  Sixth Circuit· 1963-09-10· cited 27×
• Lois Munson v. United States of America, D. James Munson v. United States
  Sixth Circuit· 1967-08-04· cited 24×
• John B. Witt v. United States of America
  Second Circuit· 1972-06-14· cited 22×
• Collings v. Scheen
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1967-02-03· cited 18×
• Daniel v. Turner
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1959-01-16· cited 15×
• Smith v. United States
  W.D. Tennessee· 1971-04-29· cited 13×
• Joseph Goldberger Iron Co. v. Cincinnati Iron & Steel Co.
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1913-03-19· cited 11×
• Brennan v. Fatata
  New York Supreme Court· 1974-09-04· cited 8×
• North East Coal Co. v. Blevins
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1955-03-25· cited 6×
• Reynolds Metals Co. v. Liberty National Bank & Trust Co.
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1956-09-21· cited 3×
• Sanderson v. Hughes
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1975-06-27· cited 3×