Mansfield v. Peake’s Empirical Analysis
525 F.3d 1312 · 2008
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2675 · 38 U.S.C. § 1151 · 38 U.S.C. § 3001 · 38 U.S.C. § 5101 · 38 U.S.C. § 5110 · 38 U.S.C. § 7292
Relies on Cook v. Principi · Stewart 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“VA may accept as a claim for benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 and § 3.361 any communication in writing indicating an intent to file a claim for disability compensation or dependency and indemnity compensation under the laws governing entitlement to veterans' benefits for disability or death . . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In general terms, section 1151 provides that veterans disabled as a result of negligent treatment at VA medical facilities shall be compensated as if their disabilities are service-connected.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.