Brooks v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 101 (Agent Orange Act of 1991) · 38 U.S.C. § 1131 · 38 U.S.C. § 5107 · 38 U.S.C. § 7104 · 38 U.S.C. § 7252 · 38 U.S.C. § 7261 · 5 U.S.C. § 8102
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · United States v. Boyle · General Electric Co. v. Gilbert · Mart Corporation v. Cartier Inc 47th Street Photo Inc · Federal Election Commission v. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he term “active military, naval, or air service” includes active duty, any period of active duty for training during which the individual concerned was disabled or died from a disease or injury incurred or aggravated in line of duty, and any period of inactive duty training during which the individual concerned was disabled or died from an injury incurred or aggravated in line of duty.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Paulson 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.