Brown v. Summers’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 5304 (Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2009)
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc. · Skidmore v. Swift & Co. · United States v. Mead Corp. · Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio v. Betts
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.
“is receiving a percentage increase equal to what he or she would have received as an active agent today, [] it is merely by coincidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“plaintiffs' way is not the only way to comply with the statute's mandate of individualized determinations.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“requires individualized calculations based on factors individual to each retiree.”
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.