McCay v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
106 F.3d 1577 · 1997
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently June 2023
1 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 1116 · 38 U.S.C. § 503 · 38 U.S.C. § 5101 · 38 U.S.C. § 5110 · 38 U.S.C. § 7292
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Irwin v. Department of Veterans Affairs · Lampf, Pleva, Lipkind, Prupis & Petigrow v. Gilbertson · Office of Personnel Management v. Richmond · Garcia v. United States
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Subject to the provisions of section 5101 of this title, where compensation ... is awarded ... pursuant to ... administrative issue, the effective date of such award or increase shall be fixed in accordance with the facts found but shall not be earlier than the effective date of the Act of administrative issue. In no event shall such award or increase be retroactive for more than one year from the date of application therefor or the date of administrative determination of entitlement, whichever is earlier.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Although equitable estoppel is available against the government, it is not available to grant a money payment where Congress has not authorized such a payment or the recipient doesn't qualify for such a payment under applicable statutes.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Burris v. Wilkie“Generally, the effective date of an award of disability benefits can be no earlier than the date of application for such benefits.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Andrews v. Principi
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.