Doe v. Devine’s Empirical Analysis
703 F.2d 1319 · 1983
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 7 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently February 2014
6 federal appellate · 7 district · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 294 · 29 U.S.C. § 794 · 5 U.S.C. § 706 · 5 U.S.C. § 8902 · 5 U.S.C. § 8903 · 5 U.S.C. § 8904 · 5 U.S.C. § 8905 · 5 U.S.C. § 8906
Relies on Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · Kentron Hawaii, Limited v. John W. Warner, Secretary of the Navy International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Afl-Cio, an Unincorporated Association Local 1260, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Afl-Cio v. John W. Warner, Secretary of the Navy · National Treasury Employees Union v. Campbell · National Federation of Federal Employees v. Devine
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“ensure maximum health benefits for employees 'at the lowest possible cost to themselves and to the Government.’”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““(d) Each contract under this chapter shall contain a detailed statement of benefits offered and shall include such máximums, limitations, exclusions and other definitions of benefits as the Office considers necessary or desirable.” (Emphasis supplied).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“to afford federal employees the best possible health coverage at the lowest possible cost to themselves.”
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.