Wick v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
40 F.3d 367 · 1994
Citation profile
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions — most recently September 2022 · most notably Bailey v. West (1998), Maggitt v. West (2000)
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1651 · 28 U.S.C. § 2201 · 28 U.S.C. § 451 · 38 U.S.C. § 5904 · 38 U.S.C. § 7252 · 38 U.S.C. § 7253 · 38 U.S.C. § 7261 · 38 U.S.C. § 7263
Relies on Kerr v. United States Dist. Court for Northern Dist. of Cal. · United States v. King · Bender v. Williamsport Area School District · Mitchell v. Maurer · Palmore v. United States
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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he Supreme Court and all courts established by Acts of Congress [to] issue all writs necessary or appropriate in aid of their respective jurisdictions and agreeable to the usages and principles of law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cox v. West · Lamb v. Principi“[W]here an attorney successfully represents a VA claimant before this Court and has filed a qualifying attorney-client fee agreement which directs payment by the Secretary from an award of past-due benefits awarded on the basis of the claim filed with VA, the Secretary is obligated to pay directly to the attorney 20% of the past-due benefits awarded on the basis of the claim or application for benefits underlying the issues successfully appealed to this Court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Snyder v. West“After a decision of the United States Court of Veterans Appeals is entered in a case, any party to the case may obtain a review of the decision with respect to the validity of any statute or regulation ... or any interpretation thereof (other than a determination as to a factual matter) that was relied on by the Court in making the decision.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Collaro v. West
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.