Combee v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 1112 · 38 U.S.C. § 1116 · 38 U.S.C. § 1154 · 38 U.S.C. § 310 · 38 U.S.C. § 312 · 38 U.S.C. § 313 · 38 U.S.C. § 501 · 38 U.S.C. § 7261
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Kremer v. Chemical Construction Corp. · Morton v. Mancari · Ruckelshaus v. Monsanto Co. · Mart Corporation v. Cartier Inc 47th Street Photo Inc
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“For disability resulting from personal injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty, or for aggravation of a preexisting injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty, in the active military, naval, or air service, during a period of war, the United States will pay to any veteran thus disabled and who was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable from the period of service in which said injury or disease was incurred, or preexisting injury or disease was aggravated, compensation as provided in this sub-chapter, but no compensation shall be paid if the disability is a result of the veteran’s own willful misconduct or abuse of alcohol or drugs.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Combee v. Brown“to determine whether activities (other than the tests or occupation activities referred to in section 5(a)(1)(B) [of the 1984 Act]) resulted in the exposure of veterans to ionizing radiation during the service of such veterans that occurred before January 1, 1970, and whether adverse health effects have been observed or may have resulted from such exposure in a significant number of such veterans....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Lasovick v. Brown“The Secretary shall include in the regulations ... (2) the provisions required by section 5 of the [Radiation Compensation] Act.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Combee v. Brown
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.