Boyer v. Derwinski’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 7103 · 38 U.S.C. § 7104 · 38 U.S.C. § 7252 · 38 U.S.C. § 7261
Relies on Grogan v. Garner · Rust v. Sullivan · Federal Election Commission v. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee · Mohasco Corp. v. Silver · Foy v. Northeast Suburban Life
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We hold that, as of January 1, 1989, the BVA was required by law to proceed in a case under reconsideration as though the initial panel decision had never been entered and, instead, to conduct a de novo review “based on the entire record in the proceeding and upon consideration of all evidence and material of record and applicable provisions of law and regulation.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.