Pullman Construction Industries, Inc. 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 U.S. sovereign immunity does not give rise to collateral order review because, unlike Eleventh Amendment and Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, sovereign immunity confers right not to pay damages, not right to be free from suit
• “Congress is free to authorize interlocutory appeals by the United States, but unless it does so the federal government, like private litigants, must wait for the final decision.”
• “Typicality can be satisfied despite different factual 24 circumstances . . . . ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Meyers ex rel. Benzing v. Texas
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-05-19· cited 168×
• Liberal v. Estrada
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-01-19· cited 119×
• United States v. County of Cook, Illinois
  Seventh Circuit· 1999-04-30· cited 102×
• In Re World Trade Center Disaster Site Litigation
  Second Circuit· 2008-03-26· cited 66×
• Espinal-Dominguez v. Commonwealth of PR
  First Circuit· 2003-12-22· cited 55×
• Al Shimari v. CACI International, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 2012-05-14· cited 49×
• In Re: Sealed Case No. 99-3091(office of Independent Counsel Contempt Proceeding)
  D.C. Circuit· 1999-11-09· cited 47×
• Navreet Nanda v. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Bellur Prabhakar, Gerald Moss
  Seventh Circuit· 2002-09-17· cited 43×
• Department of Educ. v. Roe
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-07-18· cited 43×
• Houston Community Hospital v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Texas, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-03-09· cited 41×
• Mary Mercer v. Suzanne Magnant, Administrator of the Indiana Department of Public Welfare, and Mike Espy, Secretary of Agriculture
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-11-17· cited 39×
• Alaska v. United States
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-09-06· cited 39×
• Kelly Cherry v. University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents
  Seventh Circuit· 2001-10-11· cited 33×
• Oscarson v. Office of the Senate Sergeant at Arms
  D.C. Circuit· 2008-12-12· cited 31×
• Ardeshir GOSHTASBY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Defendant-Appellant
  Seventh Circuit· 1997-07-23· cited 25×
• Pere v. Nuovo Pignone, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-08-07· cited 19×
• Lena Childs v. San Diego Family Housing LLC
  Ninth Circuit· 2022-01-14· cited 16×
• CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Kissimmee Utility Authority
  Eleventh Circuit· 1998-09-09· cited 14×
• J.E.F.M. v. Holder
  W.D. Washington· 2015-04-13· cited 14×
• Burns-Vidlak v. Chandler
  Ninth Circuit· 1999-01-22· cited 13×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Federal Deposit Insurance v. Meyer
  Supreme Court· 1994-02-23· cited 4,884×
• Abney v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-09· cited 2,295×
• Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority v. Metcalf & Eddy, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1993-01-12· cited 2,130×
• United States v. Nordic Village, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1992-02-25· cited 1,691×
• Bowen v. Massachusetts
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-29· cited 1,281×
• Midland Asphalt Corp. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1989-03-28· cited 910×
• United States v. MacDonald
  Supreme Court· 1978-05-01· cited 806×
• Saudi Arabia v. Nelson
  Supreme Court· 1993-03-23· cited 711×
• Van Cauwenberghe v. Biard
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-13· cited 667×
• Minnesota v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1939-01-03· cited 519×
• United States v. Hollywood Motor Car Co.
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-28· cited 368×
• Foremost-Mckesson, Inc. v. The Islamic Republic of Iran
  D.C. Circuit· 1990-06-15· cited 301×
• Lauro Lines S.R.L. v. Chasser
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-22· cited 268×
• In the Matter of William J. Stoecker, Debtor. Appeal of Thomas E. Raleigh, as Chapter 7 Trustee for the Estate of William J. Stoecker
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-12-14· cited 148×
• In the Matter of MORSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., Debtor. Appeal of HOOSIER FENCE COMPANY, INC.
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-11-04· cited 117×
• City of Philadelphia v. the Collector
  Supreme Court· 1867-04-29· cited 74×
• Bend v. Hoyt
  Supreme Court· 1839-02-27· cited 58×
• Segni v. Commercial Office of Spain
  Seventh Circuit· 1987-04-15· cited 52×
• South Delta Water Agency v. United States
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-07-26· cited 35×
• United States v. Pullman Construction Industries, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 1993-04-21· cited 7×