Bailey v. Principi’s Empirical Analysis
351 F.3d 1381 · 2003
Citation profile
38
cited by 38 later decisions
February 2018
most recently cited
11 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Bailey v. West · Jaquay v. Principi · Morgan v. Principi · Santana-Venegas v. Principi · Leonard v. Gober
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“when the material facts are not in dispute and the adoption of a particular legal standard would dictate the outcome of the equitable tolling claim, this court has treated the question of the availability of equitable tolling as a matter of law that we are authorized by statute to address.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Later investigation revealed that, although the regional office received Mr. Bailey’s Form 9 from the [Georgia Department of Veterans Services] on January 3, 2001, it took no action with respect to that document until October 4, 2001, when Mr. Bailey’s new representative contacted the regional office to inquire as to the whereabouts of the notice of appeal. The regional office located the date-stamped Form 9 in its “overflow” file where it had been sitting since it was received from the [Georgia Department of Veterans Services].”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We hold that, as a matter .of law, a veteran who attempts to file a[n NOA] by completing a document that is clearly intended to serve as a[n NOA] and who has that document, delivered to the [VARO] from which the veteran’s claim originated within the 120-day statutory period for appeal is entitled to invoke the doctrine of equitable tolling. :”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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