West v. West’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
September 2003
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2412
Relies on Colvin v. Derwinski · Hodge v. West · Stillwell v. Brown · Grivois v. Brown · Justus v. Principi
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 relevant, determinative circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smith v. Principi
How this case has been treated — in progress
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