Tassop 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.

• denial of representative status to plaintiff who admitted his sophistication as investor not abuse of discretion
• defendant inferred that lighting was adequate on railroad platform at time plaintiff was raped; plaintiff allowed to show that, after the rape, defendant installed new lighting fixtures
• defendant inferred that lighting was adequate on railroad platform at time plaintiff was raped; plaintiff allowed to show that, after the rape, defendant installed new lighting fixtures
• “In short, a disappointed bidder has no cause of action under Pennsylvania law.”
• “[W]hen the defendant opens up the issue by claiming that all reasonable care was being exercised at the time, then the plaintiff may attack that contention by showing later repairs which are inconsistent with it”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Roger Turbe v. Government of the Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority
  Third Circuit· 1991-07-11· cited 405×
• Shows v. Jamison Bedding, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-04-02· cited 158×
• Leliefeld v. Johnson
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1983-02-18· cited 121×
• Transgo, Inc. v. Ajac Transmission Parts Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-08-15· cited 115×
• Rains v. Gardner
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-01-28· cited 100×
• Cycles, Ltd. v. W.J. Digby, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1989-12-06· cited 95×
• Lukus v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-01-04· cited 94×
• Marjetta Wilkinson v. Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1991-01-15· cited 87×
• Zola W. Rittenhouse v. Edward H. Mabry, Jr.
  Fifth Circuit· 1987-11-30· cited 57×
• Evans v. City of Chicago
  Seventh Circuit· 1982-09-27· cited 57×
• Bland v. Davison County
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1997-07-16· cited 49×
• Warren v. Reserve Fund, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1984-04-02· cited 47×
• Linda Anderson, Derriel Anderson v. James E. Malloy, Peter Zes, Edward J. Gibson
  Eighth Circuit· 1983-03-09· cited 41×
• Hurst v. Southwest Miss. Legal Services Corp.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-12-10· cited 39×
• Algis K. Rimkus and Matilde Rimkus v. Northwest Colorado Ski Corporation
  Tenth Circuit· 1983-06-06· cited 37×
• Jack A. Oberst and Wayne G. Schroeder v. International Harvester Company, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1980-09-19· cited 34×
• Petree, David and Petree, Diane L., His Wife v. Victor Fluid Power, Inc. Appeal of David Petree and Diane L. Petree
  Third Circuit· 1989-11-07· cited 30×
• Wolf Ex Rel. Wolf v. Procter & Gamble Co.
  D. New Jersey· 1982-12-22· cited 27×
• Sylvio J. Pitasi and Joan Pitasi v. The Stratton Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1992-07-08· cited 26×
• Gross v. Chevrolet Country, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-04-27· cited 26×