Doyle v. Veterans Administration’s Empirical Analysis
667 F.2d 70 · 1981
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act) · 5 U.S.C. § 7513 · 5 U.S.C. § 7703
Relies on Brewer v. United States Postal Service · Charles H. Young v. Robert E. Hampton · Giles v. United States · Masino v. United States · Giles v. United States
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A]gency actions should be reversed because the agency's procedures were in error only if the procedures followed substantially impaired the rights of the employees.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Devine v. White
How this case has been treated — in progress
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