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“failure to challenge an improper agency action does not ratify such action or insulate it from later objection and litigation,”
65 citation events (65 in the last 25 years) across 7 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: The Boeing Company v. Secretary of the Air Force (cafc, 2020-12-21)
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Top citers, strongest first. 26 distinct citers. How cited ↗
discussed Cited as authority (verbatim quote) The Boeing Company v. Secretary of the Air Force
Fed. Cir. · 2020 · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence high
in construing a statute or regulation, we begin by reviewing its language to ascer- tain its plain meaning.
discussed Cited as authority (verbatim quote) Silver Buckle Mines, Inc. v. United States
Fed. Cl. · 2017 · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence high
failure to challenge an improper agency action does not ratify such action or insulate it from later objection and litigation,
discussed Cited as authority (verbatim quote) Energizer Battery, Inc. v. United States
Ct. Intl. Trade · 2016 · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence high
the plain language of analogous statutory language is normally read in the same way
cited Cited as authority (rule) Tindall v. United States
Fed. Cl. · 2026 · confidence medium
Airlines, Inc. v. United States, 551 F.3d 1294, 1300 (Fed.
cited Cited as authority (rule) ABBOTT v. United States
Fed. Cl. · 2026 · confidence medium
Airlines, Inc. v. United States, 551 F.3d 1294, 1306 (Fed.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Flynn v. United States
Fed. Cl. · 2026 · confidence medium
Airlines, Inc. v. United States, 551 F.3d 1294, 1296 (Fed.
cited Cited as authority (rule) percipient.ai, Inc. v. United States
Fed. Cir. · 2025 · confidence medium
Airlines, Inc. v. United States, 551 F.3d 1294, 1299 (Fed.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Sh Synergy, LLC. v. United States
Fed. Cl. · 2023 · confidence medium
Airlines, Inc. v. United States, 551 F.3d 1294, 1299 (Fed.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Goodwill Industries of South Florida, Inc. v. United States
Fed. Cl. · 2022 · confidence medium
Airlines, Inc. v. United States, 551 F.3d 1294, 1300 (Fed.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Northern California Power Agency v. United States
Fed. Cl. · 2022 · confidence medium
Airlines, Inc. v. United States, 551 F.3d 1294, 1307 (Fed.
cited Cited as authority (rule) D'Anna Laminack v. Department of the Interior
MSPB · 2022 · confidence medium
American Airlines, Inc. v. United States, 551 F.3d 1294, 1300 (Fed.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Raytheon Company v. United States
Fed. Cl. · 2022 · confidence medium
Airlines, Inc. v. United States, 551 F.3d 1294, 1299 (Fed.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Davis v. United States
Fed. Cl. · 2022 · confidence medium
Airlines, Inc. v. United States, 551 F.3d 1294, 1296 (Fed.
cited Cited as authority (rule) District of Columbia Water and Sewer v. United States
Fed. Cl. · 2021 · confidence medium
Airlines, Inc. v. United States, 551 F.3d 1294, 1300 (Fed.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) The Boeing Company v. United States
Fed. Cir. · 2020 · confidence medium
Boeing’s claim falls under the Eastport S.S. category for which the “money-mandating” standard need not be met. 5 We have, since Norman, assumed jurisdiction over statutory illegal exaction claims with no regard for whether the statutes were “money-mandating.” See, e.g., American Airlines, Inc. v. United States, 551 F.3d 1294, 1296 (Fed.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Tapia v. United States
Fed. Cl. · 2019 · confidence medium
Airlines, Inc. v. United States, 551 F.3d 1294, 1300 (Fed.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Skinner-Smith v. Secretary of Health and Human Services
Fed. Cl. · 2019 · confidence medium
Airlines, Inc. v. United States, 551 F.3d 1294, 1300 (Fed.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Analytical Graphics, Inc. v. United States
Fed. Cl. · 2017 · confidence medium
Airlines, Inc. v. United States, 551 F.3d 1294, 1300 (Fed.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Ingham Regional Medical Center v. United States
Fed. Cir. · 2017 · confidence medium
Airlines, Inc. v. United States, 551 F.3d 1294, 1299 (Fed.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Starr International Company, Inc v. United States
Fed. Cl. · 2015 · confidence medium
American Airlines, Inc. v. United States, 551 F.3d 1294, 1302 (Fed.Cir.2008) (user fees charged to airline were an illegal exaction despite airline’s failure to protest initial payments of the fee, because “failure to challenge an improper agency action does not. ratify such actions or insulate [Government] from later objections and litigation.”); Alyeska Pipeline, 224 Ct.Cl. at 248 , 624 F.2d at 1010 (unauthorized fee imposed on, and paid by, plaintiff as a condition of obtaining a right-of-way agreement for a pipeline was an illegal exaction); Finn v. United States, 192 Ct.Cl. 814, 820…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Dickenson-Russell Coal Company v. Secretary of Labor
4th Cir. · 2014 · confidence medium
American Airlines, Inc. v. United States, 551 F.3d 1294, 1300 (Fed.Cir.2008) (“When the language of a regulation is ambiguous or susceptible to more than one plausible reading, we defer to the agency’s interpretation of its own regulations.... ”).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Inre: Zoltek Corporation
Fed. Cir. · 2013 · confidence medium
Airlines, Inc. v. United States, 551 F.3d 1294, 1307 (Fed.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) AEY, Inc. v. United States (2×) also: Cited "see"
Fed. Cl. · 2011 · confidence medium
Hughes Aircraft Co. v. Jacobson, 525 U.S. 432, 438 , 119 S.Ct. 755 , 142 L.Ed.2d 881 (1999); Sursely v. Peake, 551 F.3d 1351, 1355 (Fed.Cir.2009); American Airlines, Inc. v. United States, 551 F.3d 1294, 1299 (Fed.Cir.2008).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Hernandez, Kroone & Associates, Inc. v. United States (2×)
Fed. Cl. · 2009 · confidence medium
Discovery into matters not before the court is not appropriate; defendant has not met its burden in this regard. “[Tjhe government ‘must possess “concrete and positive evidence” before it initiates discovery into matters relevant only as to establishment of offsets.’ ” American Airlines, Inc. v. United States, 551 F.3d 1294, 1306 (Fed.Cir.2008) (citing Mahoney v. United States, 223 Ct. Cl. 713, 718 , 1980 WL 4712 (1980)).
discussed Cited "see" United Airlines, Inc. v. TSA
D.C. Cir. · 2021 · signal: see · confidence high
See American Airlines, Inc. v. United States, 551 F.3d 1294 , 1303–07 (Fed.
discussed Cited "see" Bevevino v. United States
Fed. Cl. · 2011 · signal: see · confidence high
See id. (citing Thomas Jefferson Univ. v. Shalala, 512 U.S. 504, 512 , 114 S.Ct. 2381 , 129 L.Ed.2d 405 (1994); Cathedral Candle Co. v. U.S. Int’l Trade Comm’n, 400 F.3d 1352, 1364 (Fed.Cir.2005); James v. Office of Pers.
Retrieving the full opinion text from the archive…
American Airlines, Inc.
v.
United States
2007-5174.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Apr 6, 2009.
551 F.3d 1294
Cited by 4 opinions  |  Published

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

2007-5174

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellant.

ERRATA

The following corrections are made in the court’s opinion in American Airlines, Inc. v. United States, 551 F.3d 1294 (Fed. Cir. 2008):

551 F.3d at 1302, first full paragraph, last two sentences: after “statute” insert “and regulations” after “statutory” insert “and regulatory”

551 F.3d at 1303, first full paragraph, last sentence: after “statutory” insert “and regulatory”

Dated: April 6, 2009