Bernier v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 3011 · 38 U.S.C. § 3033 · 38 U.S.C. § 3101 · 38 U.S.C. § 3102 · 38 U.S.C. § 3103 · 38 U.S.C. § 3104 · 38 U.S.C. § 501 · 38 U.S.C. § 5110
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · Irwin v. Department of Veterans Affairs · Office of Personnel Management v. Richmond · Brown v. Gardner
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“inconsistent with the statute and cannot stand”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Ozer v. Principi
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.