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621 F.2d 530 · 1980

Citation profile

29
cited by 29 later decisions
February 1991
most recently cited

15 federal appellate · 7 district ·

Relationships

Relies on Washington v. Confederated Bands & Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation · White v. Mathews · Wright v. Califano · Blankenship v. Secretary of Hew · Barnett v. Califano

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

  1. “the danger of judicial intervention is outweighed by the irreparable harm suffered by members of the plaintiff class who encounter unreasonable delays in gaining consideration of their applications.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “within a reasonable time after a favorable decision.”
    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.