Hicks v. West’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 1153 · 38 U.S.C. § 5103 · 38 U.S.C. § 5107 · 38 U.S.C. § 7104 · 38 U.S.C. § 7252 · 38 U.S.C. § 7261
Relies on Gilbert v. Derwinski · Caluza v. Brown · Hodge v. West · John G. Alamilla, Sr. v. General Accounting Office · Espiritu v. Derwinski
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the Secretary's section 5103(a) obligation depends on the particular facts of the case and the extent to which the Secretary has advised the claimant of the evidence necessary to be submitted with a VA-benefits claim.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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