Devine v. Brisco’s Empirical Analysis
733 F.2d 867 · 1984
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 21 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2006
6 federal appellate · 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 5 U.S.C. § 7117 · 5 U.S.C. § 7121 · 5 U.S.C. § 7701 · 5 U.S.C. § 7703
Relies on Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms v. Federal Labor Relations Authority · Devine v. White · Devine v. Ra Sutermeister · United States Department of Justice, Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Federal Labor Relations Authority · Devine v. Ra Sutermeister
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“erred in interpreting a civil service law, rule, or regulation affecting personnel management and that the * * * [arbitrator's] decision will have a substantial impact on a civil service law, rule, regulation, or policy directive.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Devine v. Levin“Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the agency's decision may not be sustained under subsection (b) of this section if the employee or applicant for employment—”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cornelius v. Nutt“(A) in the case of an action based on unacceptable performance described in section 4303 of this title, is supported by substantial evidence, or”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cornelius v. Nutt
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.