Davidson v. Veneman’s Empirical Analysis
317 F.3d 503 · 2003
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 2412 · 31 U.S.C. § 3902 · 5 U.S.C. § 553 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946) · 7 U.S.C. § 1421 (Agricultural Act of 1949) · 7 U.S.C. § 1445J · 7 U.S.C. § 1446
Relies on Pierce v. Underwood · Russell v. National Mediation Board · Baker v. Bowen · Hanover Potato Products, Inc. v. Shalala · Herron v. Bowen
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is a `safety valve' designed to `insure that the Government is not deterred from advancing in good faith the novel but credible extensions and interpretations of the law that often underlie vigorous enforcement efforts.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“is not sufficient, in and of itself, to show that the Government's position was substantially justified.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“that it acted reasonably at all stages of the litigation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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