Davis v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 7104 · 38 U.S.C. § 7266
Relies on Perrin v. United States · American Tobacco Co. v. Patterson · Ardestani v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Addison v. Holly Hill Fruit Products, Inc. · Ashley v. Derwinski
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“After reaching a decision in a case, the Board shall promptly mail a copy of its written decision to the claimant and the claimant’s authorized representative (if any) at the last known address of the claimant and at the last known address of such representative (if any).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Navarro 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.