Evans v. Principi’s Empirical Analysis
2003
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Applies 38 U.S.C. § 7104 · 38 U.S.C. § 7266
Relies on McNutt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp. · Irwin v. Department of Veterans Affairs · Perrin v. United States · Bowen v. City of New York · Brown v. Gardner
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a postmark-stamped certified-mail receipt satisfies the statutory requirement of a 'postmark stamped on the cover in which the notice is posted'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.