Brookens v. Acosta’s Empirical Analysis
2018
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1631 · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 717 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 5 U.S.C. § 7703
Relies on Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Bowles v. Russell · Irwin v. Department of Veterans Affairs · Arbaugh v. Y & H Corp. · Christianson v. Colt Industries Operating Corp.
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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.
“), which concluded that he had failed to substantiate his claims. Id. at 43 . At the time the MSPB rejected Brookens's claims, it informed him that he could seek review of his discrimination claims before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or could seek review in federal district court within 30 days of his”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[b]y providing that '[n]otwithstanding any other provision of law, any such case filed ... must be filed within 30 days after the date the individual filing the case received notice of the judicially reviewable action,' 5 U.S.C. § 7703 (b)(2), Congress left no doubt as to the mandatory nature of the time limit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“district judges, like panels of the D.C. Circuit, are obligated to follow controlling circuit precedent until either the Circuit, sitting en banc, or the Supreme Court, overrules it”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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