Carpenito v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
July 2007
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2412
Relies on Colvin v. Derwinski · Murphy v. Derwinski · EF v. Derwinski · Thurber v. Brown · Essex Electro Engineers, Inc. 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“VA must demonstrate the reasonableness, in law and fact, of the position of the VA in a matter before the Court, and of the action or failure to act by the VA in a matter before the VA, based upon the totality of the circumstances, including merits, conduct, reasons given, and consistency with judicial precedent and VA policy with respect to such position, and action or failure to act, as reflected in the record on appeal and the filings of the parties before the Court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Dillon v. Brown“and in determining the reasonableness of the Secretary's position during the administrative proceedings the court looks to”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Smith v. Principi“the circumstances surrounding the resolution of the dispute,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Smith v. Principi
How this case has been treated — in progress
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