White v. Nicholson’s Empirical Analysis
412 F.3d 1314 · 2005
Citation profile
35
cited by 35 later decisions
August 2017
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Pierce v. Underwood · Scarborough v. Principi · Helfer v. West · Stillwell v. Brown
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“among other things, 'merits, conduct, reasons given, and consistency with judicial precedent and VA policy with respect to such position, and action or failure to act, as reflected in the record on appeal and the filings of the parties'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he totality of the circumstances, by its very description, does not exclude any valid issue from consideration,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the 'substantially justified' language means 'justified to a degree that could satisfy a reasonable person,' which is 'no different from the "reasonable basis both in law and fact”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.