Smith v. Principi’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
June 2016
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2412 · 38 U.S.C. § 7104
Relies on Pierce v. Underwood · Gilbert v. Derwinski · Allday v. Brown · Essex Electro Engineers, Inc. v. United States · Stillwell v. Brown
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[R]easonableness is determined by the totality of circumstances, and not by any single-factor approach.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the veteran has been informed of the requirements for an earlier effective date”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Johannes 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.