Smith v. Principi’s Empirical Analysis
281 F.3d 1384 · 2002
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Library of Congress v. Shaw · Loeffler v. Frank · Chickasaw Nation v. United States · United States v. N. Y. Rayon Importing Co. · United States v. $515,060.42 in United States Currency
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[38 U.S.C.] § 5109A(b)'s `same effect' language, which is at best ambiguous as to whether it refers to missed benefit payments only or missed benefit payments plus interest, is ... not a clear waiver of the no-interest rule.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“as if the decision had been made on the date of the prior decision,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“invocation of the canon of statutory construction in favor of veterans must similarly yield to the canon of statutory construction strictly disfavoring a waiver of the no-interest rule absent an express indication to the contrary.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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