Barrett v. Nicholson’s Empirical Analysis
466 F.3d 1038 · 2006
Citation profile
13 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently June 2021 · most notably Henderson v. Shinseki (2009), Comer v. Peake (2009)
13 federal appellate ·
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 38 U.S.C. § 5103A · 38 U.S.C. § 5107 · 38 U.S.C. § 7252 · 38 U.S.C. § 7266 · 38 U.S.C. § 7292
Relies on McNutt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp. · Rosado v. Wyman · Reynolds v. Army & Air Force Exchange Service · Williamson v. Tucker · Federal Election Commission v. Machinists Non-Partisan Political League
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The government's interest in veterans cases is not that it shall win, but rather that justice shall be done, that all veterans so entitled receive the benefits due to them.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“a veteran alleges facts to show entitlement to equitable tolling ... and jurisdiction is called into question, ... the government must assist the court by providing and, where necessary, procuring further evidence helpful in deciding jurisdiction, e.g., declarations, new medical examinations, and other forms of evidence as appropriate.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“(1) If a claimant dies while a claim for any benefit under a law administered by the Secretary, or an appeal of a decision with respect to such a claim, is pending, a living person who would be eligible to receive accrued benefits due to the claimant under section 5121(a) of this title may, not later than one year after the date of the death of such claimant, file a request to be substituted as the claimant for the purposes of processing the claim to completion. (2) Any person seeking to be substituted for the claimant shall present evidence of the right to claim such status within such time as prescribed by the Secretary in regulations. (3) Substitution under this subsection shall be in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Reeves v. Shinseki
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.