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McDonough's Case’s Empirical Analysis

2006

Citation profile

8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
May 2018
most recently cited

8 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Fabre v. Walton · Ahmed's Case · Atlanticare Medical Center v. Commissioner of the Division of Medical Assistance · Daly's Case · Town of Plymouth v. Civil Service Commission

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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “due weight to the experience, technical competence, and specialized knowledge”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “we must overturn agency decisions that are not consistent with governing law.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.