Reeves v. West’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 107 · 38 U.S.C. § 3532 · 38 U.S.C. § 5107 · 38 U.S.C. § 7252 · 38 U.S.C. § 7261
Relies on Batson v. Kentucky · Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · Dandridge v. Williams · Washington v. Davis · San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
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.
“[w]hen analyzing an equal protection claim, the Court 'must first determine what burden of justification the classification created thereby must meet, by looking to the nature of the classification and the individual interests affected.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lariosa 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.