Nickerson 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.

• holding that, because the “plaintiff voluntarily accepted his discharge rather than challenging it at the time it was issued, the court may properly determine that he waived any right to now challenge the discharge decision in a judicial forum and dismiss the complaint.”
• finding that a serviceperson’s discharge for medical reasons was not involuntary due to plaintiffs claim that he was erroneously diagnosed when “substantial evidence exists to support the diagnosis.”
• finding voluntariness where plaintiff understood his options and agreed to a medical discharge
• “[Pjlaintiff contends that he ... was not advised regarding the implications of agreeing to that discharge. Plaintiff, however, signed a form that specifically states he was counseled regarding the Panel’s finding.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

69 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Information Technology & Applications Corp. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2001-12-28· cited 112×
• Analytical & Research Technology, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 1997-08-08· cited 96×
• Ellsworth Associates, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 1999-11-22· cited 93×
• United International Investigative Services, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 1998-07-07· cited 79×
• Metcalf Construction Co. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2002-07-02· cited 70×
• Redland Genstar, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 1997-11-07· cited 66×
• Filtration Development Co. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2004-04-13· cited 65×
• Worldtravelservice v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2001-05-21· cited 60×
• Bean Stuyvesant, L.L.C. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2000-12-01· cited 57×
• Banknote Corp. of America, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 2004-04-26· cited 44×
• Computer Sciences Corp. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2001-12-19· cited 43×
• Mike Hooks, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 1997-09-26· cited 42×
• North Carolina Division of Services for the Blind v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2002-08-02· cited 42×
• DGS Contract Service, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 1999-03-08· cited 38×
• Northrop Grumman Corp. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2001-09-10· cited 38×
• Hawpe Construction, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2000-05-05· cited 37×
• SDS International v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2001-03-02· cited 37×
• Cube Corp. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2000-02-22· cited 32×
• Dynacs Engineering Co. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2000-10-25· cited 31×
• Strickland v. United States
  Federal Claims· 1996-10-02· cited 29×

Cites

39 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Bowman Transportation, Inc. v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1975-02-24· cited 2,871×
• Orloff v. Willoughby
  Supreme Court· 1953-04-06· cited 957×
• Sweats Fashions, Inc. v. Pannill Knitting Company, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1987-11-13· cited 503×
• David W. Heisig v. The United States
  Federal Circuit· 1983-10-19· cited 462×
• H.F. Allen Orchards, Elbert B. Schinmann, R.E. Redman & Sons, Inc. v. The United States
  Federal Circuit· 1984-12-10· cited 373×
• Litton Industrial Products, Inc., Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Solid State Systems Corp., Appellee/cross-Appellant
  Federal Circuit· 1985-02-25· cited 276×
• Christie v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1975-07-11· cited 224×
• Kenneth L. Wronke v. John A. Marsh, as Secretary of the Army
  Federal Circuit· 1986-04-04· cited 199×
• Margaret J. Schultz v. United States Navy
  Federal Circuit· 1987-01-29· cited 187×
• Skinner v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1979-02-21· cited 182×
• Harvey M. Scharf v. Department of the Air Force
  Federal Circuit· 1983-06-30· cited 139×
• Pamela Lea Maier v. Verne Orr, Secretary of the Air Force
  Federal Circuit· 1985-02-04· cited 114×
• Malachowski ex rel. Amy M. v. New Hampshire
  Supreme Court· 1986-10-06· cited 80×
• Major Carl J. Sammt, R.A., Appellant/cross-Appellee v. The United States, Appellee/cross-Appellant
  Federal Circuit· 1985-12-17· cited 66×
• Brown v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1968-06-14· cited 62×
• Anthony R. Hambsch, III v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 1988-09-14· cited 57×
• De Cicco v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1982-03-24· cited 56×
• Francis G. Brown v. The United States
  Court of Claims· 1968-06-14· cited 52×

Other cases named Nickerson v. United States

7 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Nickerson v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1979-12-10· cited 1×
• Nickerson v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1994-03-21
• Nickerson v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2014-04-21
• Nickerson v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1929-12-02
• Nickerson v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10
• Nickerson v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1981-10-19
• Nickerson v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1994-03-21